Tests on dead Cape fur seals in South Africa have shown some had rabies.
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The only other known case of rabies in a sea mammal was in a ringed seal in Norway's Svalbard islands in the early 1980s. That seal had likely been infected by a rabid arctic fox, researchers said, and there was no evidence of rabies spreading among seals there. “It’s all very, very new," said Greg Hofmeyr, a marine biologist who studies seals in South Africa. “A lot of research is required ... there are a lot of unknowns here.”
"So, it’s basically established itself in the seal population and it’s being maintained by them biting each other,” van Helden said. Oelofse said that city authorities had started vaccinating the small numbers of seals at two popular Cape Town harbors, where they are considered an attraction. The U.S. public health agency is watching the situation in South Africa, but has yet to see “clear evidence that this is going to be a long-term issue," Daigle said.
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