Watch: Cape fur seal found wandering streets of Cape Town
The seal’s journey so far from the ocean will remain a mystery, as the SPCA is unsure of how it got there in the first place.
‘Santa the seal’, as a Cape fur seal was affectionately referred to by onlookers, was found walking along Jakes Gerwel Drive near Klipfontein Road, about 5km from the ocean, in Cape Town yesterday.
She has since been safely secured and returned to the sea by the SPCA’s Wildlife Unit.
Councillor JP Smith posted to social media about the seal.
Smith said:
“The mysterious circumstances of its arrival will be investigated by the SPCA. The Cape Fur Seal (sic) is only found around our local waters and is one of the strongest, most muscular seals. When provoked, it can deliver a nasty bite.”
The SPCA proposed two theories: it swam into a canal and was washed away by strong currents, or it was captured and dumped after its captor learned how expensive fish was, perhaps as a strange Christmas present for someone’s mother-in-law.
Her holiday shopping will have to wait, though, because Santa the seal skipped into the water and swam away with a wave of her flipper.
Seal roaming the streets of Cape Town – N7 Jakes Gerwel Drive pic.twitter.com/h695siZxSo
— Vehicle Trackers (@VehicleTrackerz) December 21, 2022
Most incredible story of a seal that ended up on a motorway, pleased to say the ending was happy. #CapeTown #nature #seal #sealinthecity #thehumansnarrative pic.twitter.com/g4GTdDHrrT
— nice2nature #IDWP (@nice2nature) December 22, 2022
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