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ecoeye visits the Cape Cross killing beaches
 
The ecoeye team went to Namibia for two weeks to capture images on the plight of the seals there. For the four months from July to October the government has issued quotas for the killing of 80000 seal pups and 6000 bulls. This pup quota is actually more than the number of pups born. The cull happens early in the mornings within the cape cross nature reserve or within other protected areas where the public is not allowed to watch and we are not allowed to film or monitor. But the evidence of the mornings killing is left on the beach as patches of blood are left on the beach in full view of the tourists.  The really sad part is that the tourists are being used to habituate the seals to humans and get used to close interaction with them, only for the clubbers to then abuse this trust bond and slaughter the young. From talking to the local community we were told that the seals were becoming wise. The young pups were no longer coming up to the beach but were staying in or near the water when people were around. The problem with this is that the young pups are not able to then suckle from their mothers who are lying further up the beach. We only saw two pups suckling close to the tourists.  We talked to tourists and explained to them what was happening here in the mornings and they were surprised and appalled. Click here to see reaction A short walk along the beach reveals more evidence of the death of seal pups as we walk into a mass of skulls. Click here to read about our campaign to stop the killing. ../Film%20database/CF593352-3B8E-49EB-9029-C9D60D2A3A6A.html../Campaigns/D9FD8623-8FA6-4500-898D-DC56224A47AF.htmlshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1
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Monday, 16 July 2007