| Sean (Connery) arrived at the centre on 31st October 2008 | |
 | Sean (Connery), a grey seal pup, was brought to us by the SSPCA on 31st October 2008 after they had been made aware of it being alone on a beach in Machrahanish. In the wild a grey seal would be with its mother for approximately 3 weeks before she leaves it to fend for itself. In this time she would feed the pup up until it weighed roughly 40kg. In the case of this pup, we suspect that it has left its mother but been unable to feed itself so has lost a considerable amount of weight. His approximate age on arrival was between 3 - 4 weeks old and weighed 14.5kg. |
| As Sean would no longer have been on its mother's milk, he has already started to get weaned on to fish and we are feeding him small slices of herring. Over the next few weeks the size of the slices will be increased until he takes whole herring and then he will be moved to the weaning pool area before being taken outside to the pool prior to release. |
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Update: January 2009 - Sean has been moved to the large pools outside along with Honor for their final stages of rehabilitation and then release back into the wild.
Update: March 2009 - Sean and Thomas are still in the outdoor pools, both of whom are nearly ready for release just a bit more fattening up and away they go. Update: April 2009 - These photos of Sean were taken on 4th April 2009. | 
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| Update: May 2009 - Sean along with Thomas was released back into the wild close the Seil Island, a few miles off the Scottish west coast on 7th May 2009. |
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