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On 21 April 2023, our Marine Wildlife Management Programme team was contacted about two seals trapped in Sturrock Dry Dock in the V&A Waterfront. Follow our photostory to see the incredible rescue...

Fans of the Two Oceans Aquarium are invited to join our Foundation's Marine Wildlife Management team for a series of urban wildlife walks along the V&A Waterfront's canals and marinas on Friday, 2...

Swift terms and Cape Cormorants have recently begun to inhabit the Waterfront area. However, cause for concern emerged soon after. Why is this, and how do we respond?

This particular Cape fur seal had been severely entangled in 2 nooses, which had caused serious injury. For this reason, the seal was not very active when it was spotted by the Marine Wildlife Special...

Through the Marine Wildlife Management Programme, the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation has established an ongoing effort to disentangle Cape fur seals in the V&A Waterfront and Cape Town harbour. Ma...

For nine months, the seal welfare and monitor team of our Marine Wildlife Management Programme in the V&A Waterfront has been trying to rescue a particularly elusive Cape fur seal, which had becom...

What to do (and not to do) if you find a "stranded" seal near cape town

Cape fur seals are playful and curious animals. Because of this, they are prone to becoming tangled in loops of plastic pollution or discarded fishing line, which they find interesting, or which may s...