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The Shining World Compassion Award: Savior of Seals - Francois Hugo, Founder of Seal Alert South Africa P2/2
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Everywhere in the world,
we can observe
and be touched
by acts of kindness.
People from all walks of
life, faiths, and cultures
extend themselves
beyond the call of duty
to help others
unconditionally.
Through their noble deeds,
humanity as a whole
is elevated.
To commend
virtuous actions and
encourage more people
to be inspired
by their examples,
Supreme Master
Ching Hai
has lovingly created
a series of awards,
including the Shining
World Leadership
Award, Shining World
Compassion Award,
Shining World Hero and
Heroine Awards, Shining
World Honesty Award,
Shining World Protection
Award, Shining World
Intelligence Award,
and Shining World
Inventor Award,
to recognize some
of the most exemplary,
generous, caring,
and courageous people
who walk amongst us.
The sound
of undulating waves
engulfs one’s senses
in the rhythmic heartbeat
of the majestic ocean.
Within the water,
the seals inhabit this
ethereal, marine realm.
Graceful, aquatic acrobats,
these precious creations
of God,
are in perfect communion
with the divine
in their oceanic world.
It’s just pure love;
it’s love from my side,
it’s love from their side,
it’s just friendship.
By dealing with them
on such an in-depth level
you just understand
how life functions
and what life is all about.
And to me, one of
the most rewarding things
doing this is that you
just feel alive every day
or every minute.
Today, we present
Part 2 of our program
featuring Shining World
Compassion Award
recipient Francois Hugo,
founder
of the non-profit group
Seal Alert South Africa.
My entire life has been
in one way or another
devoted to animals.
I find their plight
disturbing and wherever
I can assist, I have.
I have been involved
in disentangling whales
out of the sea.
I have been involved
in rescuing dogs that you
find normally in the street
that have been rundown.
We’ve raised
umpteen dozen penguins
and seagulls, and dikers
and the list goes on and on.
So from that aspect,
my arms are always open
to what comes in.
Nowadays Francois Hugo’s
sole mission in life
is to help the endangered
Cape Fur seals
thrive again
in their natural habitats.
We do about
1,000 rescues a year and
that's my maximum type
of situation.
I only need to re-populate
a single island with
100 babies being born
on the island and they will
form a breeding colony,
in the scientific sense
of the word.
The foundation to this
is putting seals
back on islands.
And to me, my faith always
lies with the animal
and keeping them alive.
That’s my big thing.
Due to
the determined efforts of
seal activists like Mr. Hugo,
the South African
government recently
announced good news
for the Cape Fur seals.
We’ve been campaigning
the government
to allow seals
to go back to the islands.
They’ve now confirmed
in a videotape
and in presentations
and in a workshop
that the seals can go back
to Robben Island,
which is the largest island,
it’s a former seal island,
and that's significant.
And they’ve also said that
seals are free to repopulate
Vondeling Island.
During his conservation
work with Seal Alert,
Mr. Hugo has met
with the Prime Minister
of Namibia, urging him
to stop the nation’s
annual seal cull
or killing of seals
to reduce their population.
I additionally got
the German Dutch minister
Goether Von Bergen
to actually write to
the Namibian government,
which was a very unusual
precedent to have set,
to appeal to them
to please stop the cull.
And in addition to that,
there was a process that
was started some years
back to ban (importation
of) two species of seal,
there's 30 species
around the world,
two species of seal
in Europe.
I got involved
in that process, and
in May this year (2009),
I can proudly announce
that the EU
(European Union)
has banned (importation)
not just of two species
but Cape Fur seals, and
every other seal species
around the world.
So generally I've saved
18-million seals
from ever being imported
into the EU.
The cull made
worldwide headlines
in 2009as Seal Alert
South Africa offered
to buy out the entire
Namibian seal industry,
thus effectively ending
this vicious practice.
Mr. Hugo made the offer
before the start of the
2009 seal culling season,
which extends from
July 1 to November 15.
A total of US$14 million
was needed to be raised
to stop the
violence forever.
Upon hearing of
this noble endeavor,
Supreme Master Ching Hai
lovingly pledged
US$200,000 to the cause
on June 29, 2009.
Currently Seal Alert
is still working hard
to raise enough funds
to buy out
the Namibian seal industry
and forever halt
the slaughter of seals.
I’m going to try
and raise the money to
now stop next year’s cull.
In the meantime, what
we’ve decided to do is,
thanks to the wonderful
grant that we’ve got from
Supreme Master Ching Hai
of US$200,000,
we’ve managed to
now come with
a proactive response,
such that if
we can’t raise the money
to stop the physical cull,
we’re going to use
the seals to repopulate
the extinct islands.
It’s a longer term plan,
but it’s a plan
that’s guaranteed, and so
we’ve invested that money
into the equipment
to basically make
the repopulation
of these islands possible.
After these brief messages,
Animal World:
Our Co-Inhabitants
will return
with the presentation
of the Shining World
Compassion Award
to Mr. Francois Hugo of
Seal Alert South Africa.
Please stay tuned
to Supreme Master
Television.
Welcome back
to Animal World:
Our Co-Inhabitants
featuring Shining World
Compassion laureate
Francois Hugo, founder
of Seal Alert South Africa.
Mr. Hugo’s
dedication to seals
is truly heartwarming.
There’s one word,
and that’s love.
I mean, that is the simple
and easiest thing.
You want to come here
early in the morning
to be with them, and
you don’t want to go home.
And when you’re here,
no matter how much
there is suffering and
pain and dying and death,
there’s just love all around.
They’re just incredible
animals to be part of, and
I’m incredibly fortunate
to be able to
share my life with them,
and at the same time
I really thank
Supreme Master Ching Hai
for the support
she’s given us, because
every minute that I have
with them is a real gift.
By the kind donation
that she’s given us,
we can now just really
spend a lot more time
with a lot more of them,
which is a real blessing.
As it takes about 12 months
to rehabilitate seal pups,
the extra time
Mr. Hugo is now able
to invest in their care
is a huge boon
to their recovery.
Even yearlings are
not yet strong enough to
swim against the current
to reach safe shores, and
it’s especially difficult
for seals that
have come from afar.
I've had a very special
rescue this one,
a Southern Arctic seal
‘from Galk Island which
is 4,000 kilometers away.
And what is very unusual
is that only about 10 of
these Southern Arctic seals
reach our coastline alive
each year.
So it’s a very rare event
but never before
have the two species
mixed or intermingled.
In addition to
financial support,
Supreme Master Ching Hai
recently recognized
Mr. Francois Hugo
with the Shining World
Compassion Award.
Mr. Hugo’s
crystal Award plaque
was accompanied
by a personal letter of
commendation from her.
For your unlimited
empathy and compassion
for these voiceless
and innocent creatures,
for your vision, courage
and benevolence,
and for your
boundless contribution
building the store of love
and spiritual elevation
of our world, we hereby
applaud and celebrate the
great compassionate deeds
of Mr. Francois Hugo,
and the fearless
and noble-hearted friends
and supporters
of Seal Alert SA.
With Great Honour,
Love and Blessings,
Supreme Master
Ching Hai
Thank you very much.
This is indeed
a great honor to receive
something like this
and her words
are really inspirational.
Supreme Master Ching Hai,
from the bottom
of my heart, thank you
very much for this.
I will cherish this till the
day that I die, and I hope
to make you very proud.
We’ll have a special place
in our center over here,
which we will make
a display stand for it,
and everybody
will see it with pride.
In addition, Mr. Hugo
was presented with
Supreme Master Ching Hai’s
#1 international
best-selling books
“The Birds in My Life,”
“The Dogs in My Life”
and “The Noble Wilds,”
along with a selection
of her DVDs and CDs.
We are actually going to
start a library
at our center for
this particular purpose.
And people then
can experience,
if she doesn’t mind,
her literature
and her readings
and her work when
they come in for our seals.
One of the anonymous
heroes of
Seal Alert South Africa
is Nelda, Mr. Hugo’s wife,
who shares his passion
and love for seals
and fully supports
her husband’s efforts
to save these beautiful
marine mammals.
François drove
for twelve hours
to go and fetch an animal,
a little baby
that was destined to die,
lost its mother.
(He)drove by car
to fetch the baby
and bring him back and
raise him successfully
to survive in the wild.
That is real passion.
I’d like to thank
Supreme Master Ching Hai
for giving François
the ability to even
spend more time with
the passion that he’s got,
and freed him
from other things that
he had to concentrate on.
And I thank her from
the bottom of my heart,
because now
he can do more for seals.
Seals are amazing animals
with the dignified purpose
of helping to
balance the Earth through
their unconditional love.
Thus, their existence
on our planet and the need
to protect their lives and
oceanic home are vital
to humanity’s survival.
The seals’ solution
lies in us being informed.
And I just hope that
we become more informed
more quickly.
We’re already
in the 21st century.
It’s a bit disconcerting
to myself, that is,
we read standard things
about that Cape Fur seals
are X weight, X size,
male and female,
brown, black and white,
and it’s really not anything
about the species.
And that’s the frightening
thing, is that how are we
going to protect and love,
and look after something
if we don’t know
anything about it?
And this is why I think
what Supreme Master
Television
is tremendous in doing;
it needs follow up,
it needs further discussion,
it needs in-depth looks.
And that is what will
keep the species going
into the future and alive.
We sincerely salute
Mr. Hugo and all
the other dedicated souls
working to save our
noble seal co-inhabitants.
Blessed be
their compassionate work
toward ensuring
a safe, harmonious world
for all beings.
For more details on
Seal Alert South Africa,
please visit
Or contact
Francois Hugo at
It was a pleasure
to have you with us for
today’s Animal World:
Our Co-Inhabitants.
Please stay tuned
to Supreme Master
Television
for Enlightening
Entertainment,
coming up next
after Noteworthy News.
May Heaven’s grace
bring joy, love and peace
into your lives.
We’re working with
organizations in Africa.
We're working with
the orphanage in Mexico.
We're here locally
in Southern California.
We’re called to go
and have (a)
“hands on” attitude.
We don't just go
and talk the talk;
we need to go on
and walk the walk.
To find out more about
their benevolent work,
please watch Part 2 of
“H.A.N.D.S.
On International –
Helping All Nations
in Deeds and Service”
this coming Sunday,
January 17 on
Good People, Good Works.
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