Wadden Sea Seal Sanctuary Threatens to Go Bankrupt
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If financial support from the Province of Groningen and the Municipality of Het Hogeland is not forthcoming, the Wadden Sea World Heritage Centre (WEC) will go bankrupt within two weeks. The Managing Director and the Supervisory Board of the Pieterburen Seal Centre Foundation published this message on Monday.
The Pieterburen Seal Center, which recently merged into the Wadden Sea World Heritage Center, is in danger of going bankrupt within two weeks. The center has been struggling with financial problems for some time. These worsened further last week, and now the end is truly near, the board says. The immediate cause of the announcement is the loss of financial support that had been counted on. The center says that discussions regarding this support…
The well-known Pieterburen seal sanctuary is in danger of having to close its doors, a year and a half after the opening of a new center. Seal Center Foundation...
The Pieterburen Seal Centre Foundation is in acute financial danger, the sanctuary reports on its own website. Bankruptcy will likely have to be filed within two weeks, which means that no more seals will be taken in. The reason is said to be the loss of expected support from the municipality and the province of Groningen.
The municipality of Het Hogeland and the province of Groningen are not prepared to save the WEC in Lauwersoog. If a final rescue plan fails in the next two weeks, the management of the WEC will file for bankruptcy for the WEC and the seal rescue center.
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