STORM - Rescued on 9th January 2006
Photo of Storm was taken by Rachael VineStorm was rescued by the BDMLR from Sennen Cove on the 9th of January 2006. He was around 8 weeks old and weighted 17.5 kilos. He has a bad eye and a wheezy chest. Storm will spend at least ten days in isolation, before being moved in to the main hospital.
Update: Photo was taken of Storm on 26th of February 2006 in the convalescence pool.
Storm's flipper (light green) tag number is 32.
Photo of Storm was taken on 26th of February 2006 in the convalescence pool. Storm's flipper (light green) tag number is 32.
Update: Photo was taken of Storm on 20th of May 2006 in the convalescence pool.
Photo was taken of Storm on 20th of May 2006 in the convalescence pool.
Update: 1st July 2006
Storm wearing hat tag ID C4, along with Wilson (wearing hat tag ID J2), Speckle and Bess were all released back into the wild at Porthtowan on Wednesday morning (28th of June 2006) at 7am. All the seals went off OK, with a little bit of hesitation, and started to head off in wrong direction before realising the sea was in the other direction, and went straight for it. Two of them spent sometime surfing in on the waves. Five minutes after they went, a pod of eight bottlenose dolphins turned up to meet them. To see more photos of the release, click on the following link to take you to
Karl Wheston's website www.karlw.fotopic.net.
Photo of Storm (wearing hat tag ID C4) was by Rachael Vine

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