Thursday, September 9 | 18:00 | Warszawa Room
How do we save grey seals? A meeting with Iwona Pawliczka vel Pawlik PhD and a presentation of photographs after the film FROM THE WILD SEA, dir. Robin Petré
In Polish
Partner: Professor Krzysztof Skóra Marine Station/ Institute of Oceanography at the University of Gdańsk.
When grey seals became one of the protected species, there were about three thousand of them in the entire Baltic Sea. Now, there are nearly forty thousand. The population is no longer in danger of extinction but is it safe now? The Marine Station in Hel supported by the volunteers of the Blue Patrol conducts protective activities, which mainly consist in rehabilitation of young seals, helping the grown up ones on the beaches, educating the inhabitants and tourists as well as promoting the marine wildlife protection. And how is this done successfully? Iwona Pawliczka PhD recalls that the first seal which was saved, Balbina, talked professor Krzysztof Skóra into establishing a seal shelter and implementing the programme of reintroducing the species to the south Baltic Sea... During the meeting, you will hear this incredible story and see a lot of photographs from rescue missions in seals’ natural habitat.
Guest:
dr Iwona Pawliczka vel Pawlik – head of the Professor Krzysztof Skóra Marine Station of the University of Gdańsk in Hel. Co-founder of the seal shelter and a seal rehabilitation centre at the Marine Station. Co-author of the national porpoise protection programme and the draft grey seal protection programme.
