Beachgoers are urged to exercise caution if they encounter seals or seal carcasses along the coastline following the confirmation of rabies in Cape fur seals. State veterinarian for epidemiology at ...

For years, Cape fur seals have displayed unusual behaviour — getting unnervingly close to swimmers, chasing scuba divers to the surface, and inflicting severe bite wounds on freedivers. The recent ...

While the alarm has been raised about the dangers of the rabies outbreak in the Cape fur seal population, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) said that they are managing ...

As the rabies outbreak continues to unfold in Cape fur seals in South Africa, each case is crucial in better understanding the deadly virus — the first known rabies outbreak in a marine mammal ...