Washed into the sea by a storm surge, narrowly evading marauding sharks, stranded, rescued and returned — 35 Cape seal pups had quite a story to tell their mothers when they were released in a gully off Black Rocks in Algoa Bay on Thursday.

The pups, some just a few weeks old, had quickly clambered on shore, Bayworld marine biologist and Stranding Network regional co-ordinator Dr Greg Hofmeyr said...