Charity registered in Scotland SC004488
Seals are of course wild animals, who face an array of environmental pressures in their struggle for survival. Orkney is one of the most important breeding sites of two species of seal, the common and the grey.
The work of Orkney Seal Rescue
Seals face many dangers, often as a result of human activities. Seals suffer injury due to discarded fishing nets & rubbish; illness due to polluted seas and starvation due to over-fishing.
Orkney Seal Rescue works to protect seals, rescuing sick, injured and abandoned animals. We are a registered charity founded in 1988 to cope with a virus which killed over 18,000 common seals. We fight to save seals and raise awareness to their plight. We rely on public support and business sponsorship.
