save the world Dramatic Seal Rescue Using Remote Sedation

This short video produced by IFAW shows the dramatic rescue of a gray seal in Chatham, Cape Cod that had fishing net severely entangled around its neck. This disentanglement marks the first successful seal rescue on the East Coast using remote sedation. This innovative method was developed on the West coast by The Marine Mammal Center to assist entangled California sea lions.

The remote sedation seen here consisted of darting the entangled gray seal from a distance of approximately 60 feet and then tracking the seal as it flushed into the water. The Marine Mammal Center has devised a novel method of incorporating a small acoustic transmitter in the dart to allow responders to track the seal while waiting for the sedative drugs to take effect. Once sedated, the seal was captured, examined by a veterinarian, disentangled, medically treated, and released. Prior to release, the disentangled gray seal was affixed with a small, temporary satellite tag that will allow IFAW staff the opportunity to track the seal over the coming months to monitor its recovery and document the healing of the deep lacerations caused by the entanglement.

Entanglements are one of the greatest human-caused threats to pinnipeds. Often caused by fishing gear or human sources of marine debris, entanglements cause life-threatening constrictions around the necks and bodies of these marine mammals. As seal populations re-establish in New England, there is risk of an increased number of seals becoming entangled.

IFAW has been working to develop a safe and effective method of capturing and disentangling seals. This landmark sedation, capture, disentanglement, and release is a significant step forward in responding to entangled seals locally, but also has national and international implications in addressing entanglements. The information gathered on drug efficacy, capture tools and techniques may even be used in the future for seals from threatened or endangered populations in other parts of the world.

This amazing rescue could not have been possible without the support of The Marine Mammal Center, Center for Coastal Studies, National Marine Life Center and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

All activities were conducted under NMFS permit # 18786

save the world Dramatic Seal Rescue Using Remote Sedation
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