Lara was rescued on 21st June 2016
Lara, a female common seal pup, was rescued on 21st June 2016 from Hunstanton beach after a member of the public found her alone on the beach.

At five days old she´s only 9kgs so she´s underweight but feisty and all tests have come back clear so the Animal Care Team are hoping she will progress quickly.

Lara
Lara Update - 24th June 2016 : Lara is still on fish soup at the moment but she will start being weaned onto fish within the next day or so.

Update - 27th June 2016 : Nat, one of the Animal Care Team, feeding Lara. Click here to see a larger version of this and above photos of Lara taken on 26th June 2016 in hospital pen number 6.
Update - 24th July 2016 : Lara is now in the swim pool with Fiona, Blaze and Bowser, three other rescued seal pups. Rob, one of the Animal Care Team, said that Lara loves to sit all "regal".

Click here to see a larger version of this and a further photo of Lara taken on 23rd July 2016.
Lara
Outside Seal Pool Update - 4th September 2016 : Lara is in the outside seal enclosure for her final stage of rehabilitation and is putting on lots of weight.
Update - 23rd October 2016 : Lara will be released back to the wild in the next month or so.

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Her flipper tag number 81 (blue).
Seal Enclosure
Seal Release on 26th November 2016 Update - 30th November 2016 : Lara along with Birdo, Ash, Misty, Jax, Jiggly Puff, Fiona and Snorlax were returned to the wild on 28th November 2016 on the shore outside the Sanctuary at 4 o´clock...just at sun set.

Click here to read about the seal release in the online Eastern Daily Press.

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