For the past five years, Francois Hugo has been rescuing and rehabilitating days old baby Cape Fur seals in the wild. Without any proper facility, he has carried out some fantastic work – however the great news is that François has now secured a building to turn into a rescue centre. It is still under construction but by the end of December the first of three sea-water pools should be completed. The pups will have a mini-island to crawl out on, recover, and grow into healthy animals. The plan is to have one pool for babies, one for weanlings and one for older larger seals. The work is never ending and by the end of December , the centre will expect to have a baby seal colony of about 20 babies from at least seven different seal colonies.

To finally have a facility, Francois told the Marine Connection it was like winning the "Seal Lottery" and that a huge continuous strain and immense stress has been lifted. However they desperately need funds to run the facility, year round – to get the centre underway they still need a portable water-pump, pool-filter, generator, roller-shutter door, deep-freezer, and funding for additional construction of the other two pools. If everyone gives a donation, no matter how small, then the Marine Connection can help Francois continue these rescue’s…please donate today!