PUFFA

Puffa was rescued on the 7th of October 2001 from Sennen Cove. She is probably the fattest pup that we have had to rescue at the sanctuary. The only reason that Puffa had to be rescued was because of public disturbance. She was 1½ weeks of age and should have still been with her mum but people had tried to move and handle her. If a pup is under three weeks of age and has a white fluffy coat, it should still be with its mum. If a young pup is handled by humans, its mum will not return to feed it for her own safety.

On arrival to the hospital, Puffa was also found to have an infected claw so she was put onto a course of antibiotics to help clear the infection, and she had to have a nail removed from her front fore flipper Puffa is now doing very well and can be seen in the nursery pool feeding well for herself. Soon she will be moved into the convalescence pool before she is returned to the wild in the spring. Update: Puffa was released back into the wild on 26th of March 2002 along the south coast of Cornwall with Piglet and Baramundi.

Update: 3rd February 2008 - Puffa was seen at the local haul-out along the north coast of Cornwall yesterday (2nd February 2008) by Sue Sayer of the Cornish Seal Group. Although Puffa's pup couldn't be seen, it was good to know that she has survived her first pregnancy, as she was back on the haul out beach, looking sufficiently thin to have successfully reared a pup!

Puffa has been seen in the wild by members of the Cornish Seal Group at the local haul-out on the following dates:- 31/12/03; 24/01/04; 28/03/04; 17/04/04; 20/04/04; 23/04/04; 24/04/04; 08/05/04; 09/05/04; 30/05/04; 19/11/04; 04/12/04; 31/12/04; 30/01/05; 16/02/05; 25/02/05; 05/03/05; 19/03/05; 03/04/05; 23/10/05; 22/12/05; 25/02/06; 26/03/06; 06/05/06; 05/01/07; 14/01/07, 27/01/07, 14/10/07, 02/02/08 and 17/02/08. This photo was taken by Sue Sayer on 25th of February 2006.

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