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I live on Vancouver Island on the rainforest coast of British Columbia, Canada. I trained as a textile designer and worked as an in-house artist at Paignton Zoological and Environmental Park in Devon, England. I believe that one of the biggest threats to wild places and wildlife is the belief that someone else will save it. The ever changing landscape, here on the island, inspires me to paint and raise awareness about local and global conservation issues in my studio, Artbutus.
Abundance of Cape Fur Seals is estimated to be approximately two million animals. No subpopulations exist and no sites are isolated from any others. Total abundance is estimated to have increased over the past three generations, and to have been stable over the past two generations. Fluctuations in abundance have been experienced in the southern Namibian rookeries as a result of the effect of poor environmental conditions on prey populations. Smaller island rookeries are possibly more vulnerable to such changes as a result of climate warming. Other known threats are unlikely to cause major population declines in the near future. Although subject to historical over-exploitation, Cape Fur Seal genetic variation remains high. Cape Fur Seals do not meet the IUCN criteria for any threatened category and should be listed as Least Concern.
SOURCE: IUCN REDLIST
