Entanglement in plastic pollution, mainly discarded fishing lines and nets, is causing horrific injuries to hundreds of Cape fur seals every year.
, show that rates of entanglement were about one per 500 animals and similar between the two colonies investigated at Walvis Bay and Cape Cross.
Pups and juveniles were most commonly affected, by being entangled around the neck by fishing line. Within the life cycle of Cape fur seals, there are periods in which interaction with marine waste is likely to be higher. It is clear, according to the paper, that the overlap between human habitation and either intense fishing activity or the accrual of marine debris through ocean currents “results in areas with high rates of entanglements”.
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