Our hearts were full with relief this morning when we were finally able to help this watery Kalk Bay Harbour resident. Over the past three weeks, we received several calls about this seal who had fishing hooks painfully lodged in his side and in his rear flipper. Every time we responded to these pleas for help, the seal had already jumped back into the water, having been disturbed by tourists and people wanting to get a closer look or take photographs of this beautiful creature. Once he had jumped back into the sea, there was no way of us safely catching him, and each time, we had to leave and wait for another opportunity. Finally, this morning Chief Inspector Jaco Pieterse and his team set off early and caught the seal while he was still sleeping on the pier, where the seals of Kalk Bay Harbour normally rest. ...