| OUR RESIDENT SEALS | |
| Click here for News Update - 1st August 2009 |
| LILLY | |
 | Lilly arrived here at The Scottish Sea Life Sanctuary on the 8th July 2008. She was born at the Weymouth Sea Life Park in July 2006 but it was getting crowded there so went to the Tynemouth Aquarium to spend some time there and to learn how to train humans.
The journey from Tynemouth took a long time and because it was quite warm when the people brought her from Tynemouth to Oban they put a large ice cube on her box to keep her cool and damp. |
| When she first got here she was quite shy and the seagulls scared her a bit at feed times but she is getting used to it now and is starting to train the humans here too. All she does is look cute and the Animal Care Team put their fist out to her and then she "kisses" it, this is rewarded with a fish every time!
She's enjoying playing with Lora as she is only a year younger than Lilly. They spend their days between chasing each other around the pool and sunbathing on the haul outs getting their pictures taken. Lilly will be Lora's long term companion now that Lorne has sadly passed away. Hopefully they will spend many years playing together and looking absolutely adorable together. Click here to see more photos of Lilly. |
| LORA | |
 | Lora was born at The Scottish Sea Life Sanctuary on 27th July 2007 and is the tenth pup to Lorne and Lora. Her mother, Gigha died shortly after weaning her and after a brief spell in the Weaning Pool area to ensure Lora was eating properly she quickly went back outside to be Lorne's companion. Lorne and Lora were then joined by a young cheeky upstart called Lilly who was born at The Weymouth Sea Life Park and lived at Tynemouth Aquarium for a while. When she arrived Lora was following her around the pool trying to work out who she was. |
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Lora is a clever daring little girl who has decided that her favourite place to haul out is the wall between the two seal pools. When she decides to get up there it is amazing to see her jump out of the water but equally when one of the pools is drained for cleaning it is also quite worrying. The Animal Care Team are constantly worried that she will decide to investigate the drained pool!
On the 1st August 2008 Lorne passed away due to old age. Lora will be monitored to ensure that she is not too stressed out by the sudden disappearance of her father. Lora will be staying here at The Scottish Sea Life Sanctuary due to a change in the law related to captive bred animals. We are sure that she will become as good a representative of the seal community as her parents were. Click here to see more photos of Lora. |
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