The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has expressed concern about increasing incidents of harassment by the public of Cape fur seals ... by and about Africa ...

At least 24 Cape fur seals that were found dead or euthanized in various locations on South Africa's west and south coast had ...

The world’s first outbreak of rabies in marine mammals has been discovered in South Africa’s Cape fur seals, and the disease is now considered to be endemic in the population - Tommy Trenchard ...

If rabies is now endemic in Cape fur seals, then South Africa must learn how to manage the disease. With an estimated two million animals on the coast between southern Angola and South Africa’s ...

I’m a marine biologist from South Africa, and I’ve been fascinated ... to film interactions between great white sharks and Cape fur seals. Before joining the team, I’d spent nearly 15 ...

It was as if this patch of sea off the eastern coast of South Africa had been turned into ... biting and gulping. Cape fur seals, elastic underwater acrobats, corkscrew up through the middle ...

Main image: Cape fur seal. Photo: Supplied. Insert: Reported rabies outbreaks in South Africa from January 2014 to December 2023. Image: Supplied As the festive season approaches, government has ...