Marine Animal Rescue

Marine Animal Rescue

Our expert team is the first port of call for marine animal rescues in the area, and we form part of the Overberg Stranding Network. We have dedicated recovery vessels and vehicles.

Necropsies are done on-site, by our marine biologists or other experts, and samples are provided to various research centres. The samples and material we collect is used for scientific projects and museum collections. We provide the Department of Environmental Affairs and the Mammal Research Institute of the University of Pretoria with data from all marine mammal strandings in our area.

We have been involved in the rescue and retrieval of dolphins, whales, seals, turtles (our penguin sanctuary is the drop off point for turtles), sharks, stingrays, and of course seabirds. A world first was the white sharks washing up post orca predation and our team was provided a permit to conduct the necropsy on site.

Project Highlights

Some of the key stranding events
2012
A white albino cormorant was rescued, unfortunately died post rescue – scientific paper published
2012
A leatherback turtle stranding at Danger Point – scientific paper published
2017
White shark necropsies post orca predation – a world first

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Conservation Partners

Dyer Island Conservation Trust

African Penguin & Seabird Sanctuary

Department: Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

Cape Nature

Overstrand Municipality

Plastics SA

Tourism Partners

Fair Trade Tourism

SATSA

Cape Town Tourism

Cape Country Routes

Gansbaai Tourism

Xplorio