Seals & Sea Lions Gallery

Animaux-Phoques

"LES PHOQUES, UNE COLONIE DE MIGRANTS QUI PROSPERE EN BAIE DE SOMME" - Photo prise en 2002 d'un phoque adulte nageant en baie de somme au large du Hourdel qui beneficie de son statut de reserve naturelle. Completement disparus apres-guerre des suites d'une chasse intensive pour la fourrure et la graisse, les phoques sont revenus petit a petit en baie de Somme dans les annees 80, fruit des efforts perseverants de l'Association Picardie-Nature, dont responsable et benevoles patrouillent sans relache par terre et par mer pour que cette colonie prospere. PHOTO AFP LAETITIA DUPUIS / AFP PHOTO / LAETITIA DUPUIS

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Us-Feature-Animal-Sea Lion and Seal Rescue

A rescued sea lion rests in a holding pen at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach, California, on March 30, 2015. Record numbers of starving baby sea lions continue to wash ashore in California and the problem has shown no sign of abating. According to the New York Times, experts suspect that unusually warm waters are causing food to become more scarce, causing the mother to leave their pups on their own while the mother hunts for food. Left on their own, the pups can not find food and become sick and emaciated, swimming to shore to prevent themselves from drowning. AFP PHOTO / ROBYN BECK / AFP PHOTO / ROBYN BECK

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Germany-Animals-Seal

Seehund "Bruno" looks out of his transport box before making his way to the water on the beach of the island of Juist, Germany on August 14, 2013. Four young seals were released after six weeks of recovery at a rescue station in Norden-Norddeich. AFP PHOTO / DPA / CARMEN JASPERSEN +++ GERMANY OUT / AFP PHOTO / DPA / CARMEN JASPERSEN

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