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Teamwork in action: Our Marine Wildlife team looks back on seal tagging fieldwork in Kleinzee
In February 2025, our Marine Wildlife Management Programme (MWMP) team had the incredible opportunity to join the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE)’s Marine Mammal team for fieldwork in Kleinzee – home to one of South Africa’s largest Cape fur seal colonies. This work focused on the pups of the year, born between October 2024 and January 2025. February is a perfect time to mark the pups as they have gained enough strength to be handled for researc
Jun 2, 20254 min read
Happy Otter Day: Learn about the Cape clawless otter with Wildlife Monitor Abdullah Abrahams
This World Otter Day, we’re celebrating the Cape clawless otters that call the V&A Waterfront area home. Through our Marine Wildlife Management Programme 's Urban Otter Project, we have learnt quite a lot about these charming and fascinating mammals. On World Otter Day, who better to guide us in a crash course on urban otters than Wildlife Monitor Abdullah Abrahams? Abdullah has been a Wildlife Monitor for our Marine Wildlife Management Programme for about three years. His fo
May 31, 20255 min read
How our Turtle Conservation Centre saved 606 turtle hatchlings in 2024
Every year, hundreds of turtle hatchlings are brought to our Turtle Conservation Centre after stranding on the beaches of the Western Cape. But in 2024, after intense storms hit the coastline, our turtle team were challenged like never before when over 600 turtle hatchlings washed ashore. In light of World Turtle Day tomorrow, we’re shining a light on how our dedicated community responded to this record-breaking stranding season and what it means for the future survival of t
May 20, 20256 min read
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