Conservationists extracted a plastic packaging strap from the skin of a large Cape Fur seal. The video shows conservationist Naude Dreyer and his friend Antoine rescue the bull in Walvis Bay, Namibia, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At 8 a.m., with the sun lighting the sky but not yet over the hills, a team of marine mammal rescuers climbed down on to the beach ...

In October, Friends of the Elephant Seal docents saw a seal with an entanglement around his neck on the beach at Piedras Blancas. He was at the far south end, difficult to observe — but that plastic ...

A Steller sea lion that was slowly being strangled by a discarded packing strap over the past several months was freed of the entanglement by rescuers near Alert Bay this week. Veterinarian Dr. Martin ...

Aliah Meza holds a board to keep Rabble’s head away from veterinarian Heather Harris. Skin has molted off Rabble’s head, but the old skin is still on his chest. Laurie Miller The Marine Mammal Center ...