Spending time with these New Zealand fur seal pups is one of the greatest joys for me.
Curious, playful, and full of personality—each one is a reminder of what we’re protecting.
#SealPups #Kaikoura #WildlifePhotography #ConservationPhotography #NewZealand #Nature #MarineLife #ProtectWhatYouLove #Canonphotography #FurSeals #Photography #Wildlifeconservation #SouthIslandNZ #OceanLife #Sea
✨ **A Truly Remarkable Comeback!** ✨
Over 400 adorable fur seal pups have been spotted at the Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge off the coast of San Francisco! 🦭 This heartwarming sight is a testament to decades of conservation efforts, starting with the 1911 Northern Fur Seal Treaty and strengthened by the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act. 🌊
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https://nypost.com/2024/12/28/lifestyle/more-than-400-fur-seal-pups-spotted-off-san-francisco-coast/
A young male Antarctic fur seal, named JOCA by biologists, and likely carried by Antarctic ocean currents, makes a rare appearance on Ipanema beach, #Brazil, earlier this week. Bathers watched from a safe distance as the marine mammal rolled in the sand, visibly tired but showing no apparent injuries.
Photograph: Bob Karp/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock
Astonishing footage from Planet Earth III, which premieres Nov. 4 on BBC America and AMC+, shows a herd of seals fending off an attack by the world's most notorious predator off the southern coast of Africa.
Conservationists from the Friends of the Ocean wildlife relief group and Club Boomerang, a Sakhalin regional organization, counted more than 300 bodies of the dead marine mammals during an expedition to the island, saying they had “never seen anything like it.” #TyuleniyIsland #Sakhalin #FurSeals
Russian Ecologists Raise Alarm Over Unexplained Seal Die-Off in Far East - The Moscow Times
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/08/11/russian-ecologists-raise-alarm-over-unexplained-seal-die-off-in-far-east-a82122
A mass die-off of northern fur seals and Steller sea lions was discovered by a group of conservations in Russia’s Far East, local media reported Thursday. Photos published online showed the animals’ carcasses scattered across the shore of Tyuleniy Island, located around 17 kilometers off the coast of Sakhalin.
in the relatively short amount of time that’s left between now and 2030,” says Bransome.
The three proposed areas — in #EastAntarctic, the #WeddellSea and the #AntarcticPeninsula — would not just help krill but conserve habitat and protect biodiversity for a huge range of the region’s species.
“Adélie and chinstrap #penguins get almost all of their calories from krill,” says Bransome. “Other predators that would benefit include #CrabeaterSeals, #FurSeals, #GentooPenguins, and #whales,
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