The Hawaiian monk seal is one of the world’s most endangered marine mammals. For more than six decades, the population has ...

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment (DFFE) is concerned about increasing incidents of harassment by ...

COURTESY DLNR A young monk seal has been hanging around Honokohau Small Boat Harbor. Officials are warning fishers not to feed or interact with the seal so as not to affect its development in the wild ...

Isabella was recovered from Laxey Beach by the Manx Wildlife Trust An animal welfare charity has appealed for people to donate fish to feed an abandoned seal pup on the Isle of Man. The animal was ...

Between December 1 and May 31, a 1,500-foot section of beach along Carpinteria’s coast is closed for pupping season, a time ...

Therefore, the types of physical interaction with and feeding of seals described above, are not only dangerous for the humans and seals involved but prohibited and therefore a criminal offence.

‘Feeding seals could endanger them by attracting other predators like birds or foxes and cause them to associate people with food, which has caused fatal accidents in the past,’ Tester sai ...

hitting seals; feeding seals for financial gain to allow for photo opportunities with seals," the department said in a media statement. In June, it was reported that several Cape fur seals tested ...

State officials are reminding the public not to feed or interact with endangered Hawaiian monk seals at Honokohau Small Boat Harbor on Hawaii island as a young pup becomes a frequent visitor ...

Therefore, the types of physical interaction with and feeding of seals described above, are not only dangerous for the humans and seals involved but prohibited and therefore a criminal offence.

COURTESY DLNR A young monk seal has been hanging around Honokohau Small Boat Harbor. Officials are warning fishers not to feed or interact with the seal so as not to affect its development in the ...