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In the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, in the English Channel, 2.5 million visitors flock each year. In summer, the influx is massive, except that it is also the period of seal births. For them, the consequences are dramatic.
On a video published last October and taken in the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel (Sleeve)a baby seal is lying on the sand, stranded for several hours. Exhausted, malnourished animals, victims of the disturbance caused by tourists. Because if this video dates from October, since then, seven new little ones have come to get lost in the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel. On these wild and protected beaches, Patrice Trechecorrespondent for the national strandings network, has already saved dozens of seals.
These fearful animals are disturbed by the 2.5 million annual visitors. Confronted by walkers in the bay, the females flee the coast, leaving their young destitute. “The immensity of the bay will make [le bébé] will not be able to find his mother. It is not possible“, explains Patrick Treche. More than 200 km from the bay, a care center welcomes orphaned babies. Of the nine animals collected by the center this year, three did not survive. The others stay there for several months, before being released into their natural environment.