Dead seals in Plett removed from the beach

The carcasses are considered the equivalent of toxic waste, because of the prevalence of rabies.

Correspondent Chris van Gass

Thursday, 28 November 2024, 14:58
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Dead seals in Plett removed from the beach
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PLETTENBERG BAY NEWS AND VIDEO - This is "dead seal" season in Plett when dead seals wash up on the beaches in Plettenberg Bay.

Chantel Visser, senior marine ranger at CapeNature’s Robberg Nature Reserve, says reports of seals washed up on beaches are reported either to Bitou municipality's customer care (044 533 2101.

Bitou municipality's digger-loader was busy today, Thursday 28 November at Robberg Wreck Beach picking up seal carcasses. The carcasses are then driven to an allocated site to dump.

The carcasses are considered the equivalent of toxic waste, because of the prevalence of rabies. They then get buried at the site.

Video: Chris van Gass

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