List of Nonprofit Pinniped Conservation Entities
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- Most entities listed share similar goals: to conserve, research, and/or educate the public about pinnipeds. Unique goals or achievements may be noted separately.
- Icons directly below each logo indicate species they protect or rescue but do not guarantee current or past housing.
- This list is non-exhaustive and unordered.
- Most donation platforms are tax-deductible and support currency exchange, though bank fees may apply.
- This website is an independent passion project and is not affiliated with any of these entities.
- Currency: $USD
- Has rescued 24,000+ animals since 1975
- The largest marine mammal hospital in the world
- Owns the Ke Kai Ola seal hospital in Hawai'i, one of the few hospitals dedicated to helping the critically endangered Hawaiian monk seals
- Based in California, USA
- Currency: $USD
- Has treated over 10,000 animals since 1992
- Based in California, USA
- Currency: $USD
- Based in California, USA
- Currency: $USD
- Based in Washington, USA
- Currency: $USD
- Known for training seals and sea lions to paint on canvases for enrichment
- Operates in several locations across the USA
- Currency: $USD
- Based in Maine, USA
- Currency: $USD
- One of the oldest organizations dedicated to seal rescue in the Northeastern USA
- Based in New Jersey
- Currency: $USD
- Based in Massachusetts, USA
- Currency: $USD
- Based in Massachusetts, USA
- Currency: $USD
- Based in California, USA
- Currency: $USD
- Based in California, USA
- Currency: $USD
- Based in California, USA
- Currency: $USD
- Based in California, USA
- Currency: $USD
- Based in California, USA
- Currency: $USD
- Based in Illinois, USA
- Currency: $USD
- Known for taking in seals with specific and unique needs
- Based in Connecticut, USA
- Currency: $USD
- Based in Alaska, USA
- Currency: $USD
- Dedicated to rescuing Hawaiian monk seals and other marine wildlife in Hawaii
- Currency: $USD
- Based in Washington, USA
- Currency: $AUD
- Based in Victoria, Australia
- Currency: $NZD
- Accredited for making leopard seals a protected species in New Zealand
- Currency: ₸KZT
- Dedicated to protecting the endangered Caspian seal
- Advocates for protected habitats and a moratorium of seal hunting
- Based in Aktau, Kazakhstan
- Currency: ₺TRY
- Dedicated to rescuing and protecting the critically endangered Mediterranean monk seal
- Based in Ankara, Turkey
- Currency: Most major currencies, operates internationally
- Indirectly and directly protects much of the wildlife in the Antarctic region
- Advocates for protected habitats, policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and more
- Currency: NAD $
- Rescues an average of 700 cape fur seals from entanglement every year
- Based in Namibia, South Africa
- Currency: ZAR R
- Based in Western Cape, South Africa
- Currency: £GBP
- Based in Lincolnshire, England
- Currency: £GBP
- Based in Yorkshire, England
- Currency: £GBP
- Based in London, England
- Currency: £GBP
- Based in Devon, England
- Currency: £GBP
- Based in North Tyneside, England
- Currency: £GBP
- Based in East Sussex, England
- Currency: £GBP
- Based in Shetland, Scotland
- Currency: £GBP
- The largest animal welfare charity in the UK
- Operates in England and Wales
- Currency: £GBP
- Based in Cornwall, Great Britain
- Currency: £GBP
- Houses the oldest documented gray seal in history, Sheba, who is ~50 years old
- One of the oldest seal rescue organizations
- Based in Cornwall, Great Britain
- Currency: £GBP
- Based in Caithness, Scotland
- Currency: CAD $ or $USD
- Has rescued 4,000+ animals since 1960
- Based in British Columbia, Canada
- Currency: EUR €
- Only seal rescue in Ireland
- Currency: CAD $
- Based in British Columbia, Canada
- Currency: EUR €
- The largest seal rescue center in Europe and also one of the oldest in the world
- Based in Groningen, the Netherlands
- Currency: EUR €
- Based in Groningen, the Netherlands
- Currency: EUR €
- Based in South Holland, the Netherlands
- Currency: EUR €
- Primarily houses orphaned seals
- Based in Texel, the Netherlands
- Currency: EUR €
- Dedicated to helping save the Saimaa ringed seal, one of the most endangered seal subspecies in the world
- Largest environmental protection organization in Finland
- Currency: EUR €
- Based in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Currency: EUR €
- Established the first rehabilitation center specialized in the critically endangered Mediterranean monk seals
- Based in Athens, Greece
- Currency: PLN zł
- Based in Hel, Poland
- Currency: RUB ₽
- Known for the famous seals Kroshik and Schlissik
- One of the only rescues dedicated to rescuing Baltic and Ladoga ringed seals
- Based in St. Petersburg, Russia