Pascoe was rescued on 4th February 2018
Pascoe, 16 weeks old male seal pup, was rescued on 4th February 2018 from Porthallow.

This pup was found with several superficial wounds all over his body. He had an infection on his rear right left flipper on the nail bed and several bite wounds all over his body, with a laceration on left side of back.
Pascoe
Pascoe Update - 25th February 2018 : Pascoe´s wounds are healing nicely and off treatment. Once the animal care team are totally sure that he will not need more treatment, Pascoe will be able to move to the outside nursery pools. He currently weighs 24.5kgs.

Pascoe´s flipper tag number is 362 (green).

These photos above and left were taken on 23rd February 2018, click here to see a larger versions.
Update - 28th March 2018 : Pascoe is currently in nursery pool number 4.

This photo of Pascoe was taken on 26th March 2018.

Update - 29th April 2018 : Pascoe along with Graham, Clowance, Schmirtz, Wynwalloe, Miner, Gwynnvys and Osborne, were released back into the wild on 20th April 2018 at Porthtowan beach.
Pascoe
Pascoe Update - 15th January 2021 : Pascoe was seen at local haul-outs along the west coast of Cornwall on 7th & 11th January 2021 by members of the Cornwall Seal Group Research Trust (CSGRT) who volunteer hundreds of hours of their own time to photo, identify, carry out surveys, monitor and watch over the seals around the Cornish coast.

Photo credit : Sue Sayer - CCSGRT - 11th January 2021
Each seal´s fur pattern is unique and enables the CSGRT volunteers track them for life. Seals face many challenges, yet we all depend on them to balance our marine ecosystem, this is essential to make the oxygen we breathe. Seals are our globally rare wildlife tourist attraction, helping diversify coastal economic prosperity.

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