12-31-2007 Richel full of seal pups
People travelling to Vlieland by ferry can see them from far on sandbank 'the Richel': dozens of seal mothers and their white pups. On December 30, SRRC workers counted as many as 90 young. Read more
12-19-2007 Kids For Animals surprise Lenie with mountain of towels
Last Saturday the annual New Year's get-together of Kids For Animals (the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals' youth club) of the Rijnmond department was held in Hellevoetsluis. Read more
12-04-2007 First grey seal babies arrived at the SRRC
The grey seal birth season has started again. On November 19, the first two white seal babies were seen by the ferry crew on the Richel (a permanently dry sandbank between Vlieland and Terschelling). Read more
11-20-2007 Three presentations by SRRC researchers at sea mammal conference
During the "17th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals", the most important conference concerning sea mammals, which is being held in Cape town (South Africa) this year, from November 29 until December 3rd, three SRRC researchers will be presenting the results of their studies. Read more
11-20-2007 DURABLE campaigns for SRRC
With the slogan 'Naturally clean with DURABLE' the well-known supplier of office equipment has started a campaign in aid of the SRRC. Read more
11-20-2007 SRRC Lenie 't Hart goes for Delfzijl
This morning, the SRRC signed a written agreement with the Delfzijl district council about a possible establishment in the harbour town of Delfzijl. Read more
11-18-2007 79 dolphins stranded on the Iranian coast
In the night of 24 to 25 October, 79 dolphins were stranded near the harbour of Jask (East of the Strait of Hormuz). It concerned a group of mainly striped dolphins. The Striped Dolphin is occasionally seen in the Netherlands. Read more
11-18-2007 RSG Lingecollege in Tiel delivers a top performance
The students of RSG Lingecollege in the Rozenstraat in Tiel have accomplished great work over the last couple of weeks. Read more
11-18-2007 Chilly gift from New Brunswick Scientific
Recently, Patrick de Leeuw, sales area manager of the Dutch branch of New Brunswick Scientific in Nijmegen, called to ask if the SRRC needed some fridges. When Lenie 't Hart immediately reacted enthusiastically, he quickly promised to send four large fridges. Read more
11-14-2007 Bruna: 300th seal; a milestone in seal rehabilitation in the Netherlands
On Tuesday November 13th, Bruna the seal was found on Terschelling. It was brought to the SRRC with lungworm problems. With Bruna, the SRRC has reached a milestone: never before in the history of seal rescue have 300 seals been rehabilitated in one single year. Read more
11-04-2007 Zeeland’s first baby seals back in the Oosterschelde
Last Thursday, four young seals were released in the Oosterschelde. They had all been found as babies after they had lost their mothers. One of the animals, Lara, was only a day old when she arrived at the SRRC. Read more
10-14-2007 Kevin Hofland sponsors Feyenoord
Football star Kevin Hofland has been sponsoring the SRRC for years. He donates a substantial amount each year. We are so thankful for his help that every year we offer him a seal to adopt. Read more
10-10-2007 Renske got the whole school up in action
Renske Jeuken from group eight of the St. Martinusschool in Millingen aan de Rijn had a fun idea to celebrate the opening of the new school building: by adopting a seal. She got the entire school involved (more than 600 kids). Read more
09-26-2007 Three little girls’ big effort
Dorien, Anke and Anne, three ten-year-olds, decided to give a talk about the SRRC. During their preparations they read on the website about the possibility to adopt a seal. They did not have to think long: this was going to be their goal. Read more
09-12-2007 First baby seals released
The first seals, which were brought to the SRRC as babies during the summer, have been released this week. Among them was Rijkje; the first baby to be brought to the SRRC in May, when she still had her premature white fur. Read more
09-12-2007 Traffic diversion in Pieterburen
The Hoofdstraat in Pieterburen will be partly closed off from September 3rd until September the 8th due to road works. Thoroughfare will not be possible. However, the SRRC Lenie ‘t Hart will always remain accessible.
Because of the road works traffic is being diverted. Please follow the signposts marked F.
Click here to view a map showing the alternative route.
09-12-2007 Danny de Munk paints for Lenie ’t Hart
Danny de Munk has made a painting for Lenie ‘t Hart as part of the campaign “2007 paintings for charity”, organised by kinderjournaal.nl (children’s news). By doing this he is supporting the SRRC in Pieterburen. Read more
08-10-2007 A ringed seal at the SRRC again
At the end of July, a young ringed seal was found behind the dyke at Wierum in Friesland. The animal was exhausted and in desperate need for help. Luckily, Klaas Akkerman who found the animal immediately warned the SRRC, so a rescue mission could be started immediately. Read more
08-07-2007 SRRC lodges objection to using transmitter-seals again
SRRC Lenie ’t Hart has lodged an objection with the Provincial Executive of Friesland this week, because the government authority has granted the Texel Institute Imares (prior known as Alterra) permission to catch and kit out seals with transmitters once again. Read more
07-18-2007 Nature of virus remains unclear
On July 11, another 10 dead seals were found along the Swedish coast near Falkenberg (which is situated on the same level as Anholt). Falkenberg is the home of about 1.000 seals. No fresh bodies were found; the cause of death could be PDV, but our contact on the spot says that there is no proof for this yet. Read more
07-09-2007 Who will adopt a baby seal?
The turbulent weather with its heavy downpours and thunderstorms, along with vast differences in water levels, has caused many baby seals to wash up along the Dutch coasts in the last couple of weeks. Disruption, panic and strong currents cause mothers to become separated from their young. Read more
07-09-2007 Latest update from Danish researchers on Phocine Distemper Virus (PDV)
During the first week of July, 33 seals were found dead near the Danish island Hesselø (south of the island Anholt). This number of deaths must be added to that of the 60 dead seals that have meanwhile been found on Anholt. Read more
07-03-2007 Virus threat: red alert brought back to phase 2: code orange
The number of dead seals in Denmark is no longer rising on the island of Anholt. Danish Researchers had discovered a morbillivirus (phocine or canine distemper virus) there and had brought this to the attention of the media. Read more
06-26-2007 Vaccination programme SRRC begins today
This afternoon, the SRRC will be vaccinating the first rehabilitated seals against Phocine Distemper Virus (PDV). The SRRC does not keep any seals in captivity permanently; all seals are returned to the sea. Read more
06-24-2007 Possible outbreak of Phocine Distemper Virus
On June 23rd 2007, the Danish Forest and Nature Agency in Copenhagen announced that on the island Anholt in the Danish Kattegat 41 seals were found dead. That is more than is usually found during this period. Read more
06-06-2007 Ameland’s unique maternity nurse
On Wednesday evening, Ameland’s vet Heeres Schols and a number of seal first-aiders and SRRC-workers helped a seal in labour to give birth to a healthy baby daughter. We named her Afke. Read more
06-05-2007 State Secretary van de Knaap donates delivery van and more…
He arrived by helicopter, briskly made his way through the SRRC to the front of the premises and with a vigorous pull on the cord he unveiled a beautifully decorated army delivery van. With this act, State Secretary van de Knaap (Defense) not only donated the Mercedes-van to SRRC Lenie ‘t Hart, but also medical equipment including an X-ray machine and an anaesthesia machine.
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05-25-2007 Research into by-catch of porpoises in Dutch fleet nets
Every year, hundreds of porpoises wash up along the Dutch coast, only part of which are drowned in the nets of professional fishermen. These are the findings of a study carried out by SRRC Lenie ‘t Hart and the Dutch Fishery union, which was presented today. Read more
05-17-2007 The first one has arrived!
This morning Lenie received a telephone call from Hessel Wiegman in Terschelling. By his voice she could immediately tell that something unusual had happened. ‘I found a baby seal on the beach’ said Hessel ‘a tiny little white seal!’. Read more
04-29-2007 Turkish monk seal Badem released
On Saturday April 28th, the young monk seal Badem was released back to sea. On December 5th the animal had been found as an orphan in Didim, along the west coast of Turkey, and was brought to Foça near Izmir. Read more
04-25-2007 Accor Hotels raise funds for the SRRC
The employees and guests of Accor Hotels Netherlands have raised a sum of € 5.416 for the SRRC as part of Earth Guest Day. Last Sunday, the hotels donated one euro for every hotel room they let. Read more
04-25-2007 Action successful! An Alcoa voluntary event
Ten employees from international aluminium company Alcoa, have recently done a day’s voluntary work at the SRRC, following the initiative of Lex Groenewoud, who was one of the volunteers himself. Read more
04-15-2007 This year’s one hundred and fiftieth seal released
Friday the thirteenth turned out to be a lucky day for Ruben; along with seven other grey seals he was released on the beach in Terschelling. Read more
04-10-2007 Atlantic White-sided Dolphin found dead on Schiermonnikoog
On Tuesdaymorning, Aril 10th, the SRRC was contacted by Theun Talsma, one of the seal-first-aid volunteers in Schiermonnikoog. A dead white-sided dolphin had washed ashore at post 7. Biologist Nynke Osinga immediately went to the scene to recover the body. Thanks to shipping and salvaging company Wagenborg the dolphin, weighing 140 kg and almost 3 metres in length, could immediately be transported to the SRRC in Pieterburen. Within a couple of days an autopsy will be carried out on the animal. In deliberation with Naturalis (the natural history museum) it will be decided where the skeleton will be kept. White-sided dolphins are a rare sight along the Dutch coast. It is the seventh time that such an animal has run ashore since 1970. This time it was an adult male. We hope that the autopsy will reveal more details about the cause of death.
04-08-2007 Dissertation ‘Seal hunt in the Netherlands, 1591 – 1962’
On April 19th 2007 Lenie’s son, Pieter ‘t Hart will take his doctoral degree from the VU University (Vrije Universiteit) in Amsterdam for his dissertation ‘Seal hunt in the Netherlands, 1591 – 1962’. Read more
04-08-2007 Seal count in Zeeland
On April 7th, 2007, the SRRC’s seal-first-aid department in Zeeland, along with a number of Belgian colleagues, carried out a simultaneous seal count. Read more
03-27-2007 Donation Noble-House / Annemarie Postma
Amanprana is temporarily donating 40 eurocents of each sold Okinawa Omega bottle to Annemarie Postma. This campaign is in keeping with Noble-House’s resolution to donate a part of its turnover to... Read more
03-26-2007 Plan for ending the seal hunt
Lenie’s visit to the Canadian province Prince Edward Island can tentatively be called a success. Fearlessly, she conferred with seal hunters, the government (Philip Brown,the minister of tourism and others), scientists (such as Don Bowen, one of the leading seal-population biologists worldwide... Read more
03-15-2007 Canadian discussion about seal hunting gets on its way
Lenie’s visit to Prince Edward Island is attracting a lot of media attention in Canada. Television, radio and newspapers are reporting on ‘the Dutch woman’ who is negotiating with the seal-hunters to end the seal hunt. Read more
03-09-2007 Seal shot in the presence of children
Two Dutch families, who were enjoying their holidays in Denmark, had a shocking experience this week. During a walk on the beach they came across a helpless baby grey seal. Read more
03-07-2007 Lenie christens motor sloop “Gray Seal” at the Hiswa
Just after the opening of the Hiswa at the RAI in Amsterdam, Lenie ‘t Hart christened Van Wijk Maritiem from Woubrugge’s newest motor sloop model named the ‘Gray Seal’. Read more
03-02-2007 LENIE ‘T HART GOES TO CANADA
On the 11th of March, Lenie ‘t Hart leaves for Canada to battle against the seal hunt. Last year, 354.000 animals were shot and clubbed to death there. She will also undertake the first steps towards the planning of an Educational Seal Centre on Prince Edward Island. Read more
02-26-2007 Is the SRRC renovating or moving?
Recently, there has been much talk about SRRC Lenie‘t Hart’s possible plans for moving. Also, there has been much speculation about a possible new location.
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02-26-2007 Warning to all burglars intending to burgle the Pieterburen area
Ladies and Gentlemen: Thanks to the fantastic efforts of security company van der Pol from Amersfoort, the SRRC is now optimally secured. It is therefore inadvisable to try and burgle the premises again. Read more
02-26-2007 Unique gift
Mr G. van de Koore and his wife have been ardent supporters of SRRC Lenie ’t Hart for over twenty years. Over the years they also have adopted many seals.
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02-26-2007 Coming to the aid of the SRRC with empty bottles
A while ago, four boys from Lemmer, Rienk, Danny, Stefan and Jan-Lyckle started fundraising for our seals. They devised a very original way to raise money by collecting empty bottles. Read more
02-26-2007 Donating an Adoption
Every year, since its foundation in 2002, recruitment agency Netwerkt Werving en Selectie has adopted one of the SRRC’s seals. Read more
01-24-2007 Maternal love
Despite all the distress and baby seals being washed away in the past weeks, there is also some good news: some of the stranded baby seals were found by their mothers on the beaches of the Wadden islands and are being nursed there. Read more
01-24-2007 First storm victim returns home
Tuesday January 23rd, the first storm victims were ready to go home. After having stayed in rehabilitation for a couple of weeks they have lost their white baby fur completely... Read more
01-24-2007 Two more net victims
Last weekend our seal first-aid worker on Vlieland found an adult grey seal whose head had been badly cut up by fine fishing-wire and pieces of net. Read more
01-19-2007 Laundry-day for the seals
With the rehabilitation of more than a hundred baby seals many logistical and organisational problems arise, which need to be solved. One of these problems is the laundry... Read more
01-18-2007 SRRC’s storm victims re-evacuated
The heavy storm that raged over the Netherlands also had consequences for the rehabilitated seals in Pieterburen. One of the two large tents which were pitched to provide extra space for seal-rehabilitation this winter needed to be vacated this evening. Read more
01-15-2007 Rehabilitated monk seal grows steadily
Last week, Lenie ‘t Hart visited the rehabilitation centre in Foca (near Izmir) where SRRC-worker Richard Dijkema has been looking after a young monk seal, in cooperation with workers of the Turkish organisation SAD-AFAG. Read more
01-05-2007 The situation on Friday evening, January 5th
The last days have been very hectic. Every day, stranded baby seals have been brought in. They arrive mostly from Terschelling, but also from Vlieland, Ameland and even from Schiermonnikoog. Read more
01-02-2007 The first storm damage in 2007
Storm and very high water during New Year’s Eve have caused even more problems for the colony of grey seals on the sandbanks between Vlieland and Terschelling. The beaches were littered with white pups that had been washed off the sandbanks and had lost their mother. Thanks to the fantastic cooperation of shipping companies Rederij Doeksen and Wagenborg, all the seals were quickly transported to the mainland by ferries. On Monday morning two seals were brought from Vlieland and nine from Terschelling. On the afternoon ferry another twelve arrived from Terschelling and one came from Ameland. By the end of the first day of the New Year the numbers were up to 43.
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