2007/2008 Release Update    Main Seal Rescue Menu    Pup Adoption MALCOLMINA On Thursday 11th of October 2007 the Seal Sanctuary received a call from Tim (a member of the British Divers Marine Life Rescue) about a pup on the beach at Porthminster, St Ives. The pup had been disturbed by the public, and was also looked malnourished. Clare and one of the volunteers... More>> KITTO On Thursday 18th October 2007 the Seal Sanctuary received a call from a couple in Bude, who were concerned about a seal that was in trouble. Tamara got together the rescue kit and cage and headed out. On her arrival she found a very large pup... More>> DIGORY On Friday 19th October 2007 we received a call about another pup in Bude, and this time we called on the British Divers Marine Life Rescue to go out for us. This pup was also quite big, but did have puncture wounds to the underside and rear hock... More>> HOCKEN On Saturday 27th of October 2007 the seal sanctuary received a call from the British Divers Marine Life Rescue about a seal on the beach at Gwithian. Due to there only being two staff in over the weekend, the Animal Care Team asked whether... More>> NESSA The sanctuary received a call on Wednesday 7th November 2007 about a pup down at St Ives, after getting a description about its body condition we asked the British Divers Marine Life Rescue to pick it up and bring it to the Sanctuary, whilst we prepared a pen... More>> FENNA The Sanctuary received a call from Tim (British Divers Marine Life Rescue) about a pup on the beach at St Ives which had some wounds to its rear flippers and very malnourished. The Animal Care Team got together the kit and headed to St Ives... More>> PASCO Pasco was rescued from Pandora Inn, Flushing. He was malnourished weighing in at just 11.5kg; he also suffered from minor injuries to his flippers. He was approximately 2-3 weeks old when he was rescued on 21st of November 2007... More>> SAMSON Samson was rescued on 24th November 2007, from Carbis Bay. He had puncture wounds and webbing damage to his back flippers as well as an ulcer in his left eye. Samson weighed 18kg when he was rescued and 5 weeks old... More>> ALAN Alan was rescued from Penzance on 27th of November 2007. He was 3 weeks old when we rescued him. He was malnourished and wheezing, he also had a cough and an eye infection. Alan weighs 11.5kg, and so, is in isolation until he gains some weight... More>> HANNIBAL On Thursday 6th of December 2007, we received a call from the British Divers Marine Life Rescue, to say there was a pup on the beach at St Ives that was looking very poorly and needed to come in. Isolation 2 was cleaned and ready for the new arrival who came in the early afternoon... More>> TWISTER Twister was rescued by the RSPCA and transferred to us for her final stage of rehabilitation in early December 2007... More>> SCRABBLE Scrabble was rescued by the RSPCA and was transferred to us for her final stage of rehabilitation in early December 2007... More>> GRYFFIN We received a call from a chap in Bude worried about a pup on the beach. We called one of our volunteers who went out to take a look but was unsure, so the British Divers Marine Life Rescue went out as well. The pup was looking a little unwell and so they decided to bring it in to the sanctuary... More>> WELLA Wella was rescued on the Monday 10th of December 2007 at Kennack Sands, this pup is between 4-5 weeks old and weighed 15.5 kilos. He had a graze to his lower chin plus coughing and... More>> TEGAN Tegan was rescued was rescued also on the 10th of December 2007 from Porthtowan beach and she believed to have been disturbed by the public. She is only 3 days old and has a graze to her chin, but a swollen mouth and whiskers. She is also underweight at... More>> DEWY Dewy was rescued on Friday 14th of December 2007 from Sennen Cove. We received a call about this pup that appeared to be very thin and exhausted. He was brought back to the Sanctuary. He weighed 16 kilos, and was malnourished but about 5 weeks old... More>> ELLIE On the 30th of December 2007, we received a telephone call about a pup that had hauled out on the beach at Porthgwarra. We called the British Divers Marine Life Rescue team who headed out. The pup was hauled out on the slipway, in the tunnel that leads from... More>> GWITHYEN On the 7th of January 2008 we received a call from a member of the public about a seal at Godrevy. As we had a member of staff who lived just down the road (and was on a day off) we called him and he went out to take a look... More>> SEBASTIAN On the 9th of January 2008 we received a call about a pup in Newquay and so we called the British Divers Marine Life Rescue team and sent them out to have a look at. The pup was found to be malnourished with a cut above its eye. The pup was brought... More>> PEDREK We received a call on the 15th of January 2008 about a pup in St Ives. We called British Divers Marine Life Rescue who went out to locate the pup. The pup had a few injuries to its nail beds and the volunteers called us to say they thought it would need treating at the Sanctuary. Back at the Sanctuary the pup... More>> JENGA, MONOPOLY AND KERPLUNK Jenga, Monopoly and Kerplunk were rescued by the RSPCA and transferred to us on 16th of January 2008 for their final stage of rehabilitation and then release back into the wild. These three seals are a little bit more interested... More>> JENIFER On the 18th of January 2008 we received a call about a seal at Marazion with fishing netting around its neck. The pup was thin and so was picked up and brought back to the Sanctuary. The netting had gone... More>> DAVY On the 20th of January 2008 we received a call about a pup in Port Issac. We sent out some volunteers who live in the area and when they located the pup they called us at the Sanctuary, where we told them to bring it in. At the Sanctuary, the pup was put in to isolation 1... More>> TORIN, SWOOP, IMOGEN AND LUDO Torin, Swoop, Imogen and Ludo were rescued by the RSPCA and transferred to us on 15th February 2008 for their final stage of rehabilitation and then release back into the wild... More>> CUBERT On 23rd of February 2008, we received a call about a seal in Newquay. The team went out and found a very malnourished pup on the beach, and decided to bring it back to the Sanctuary. Back at the Sanctuary the pup was... More>> PIRAN We received a phone call on Tuesday afternoon (4th March 2008) about a pup at Poldhu Cove. Dan and Rachael headed down to the beach and found the pup who on closer examination had a wound to the back just under the tail, and a couple of wounds to his front flippers... More>> BAGGY Baggy was rescued by the RSPCA from Baggie Point on the 21st January 2008 and was transferred to us on 7th March 2008 for the pup's final stage of rehabilitation and then release back into the wild... More>> RISK Risk was rescued by the RSPCA from Port Gaverne on the 20th January 2008 and was transferred to us on 7th March 2008 for the pup's final stage of rehabilitation and then release back into the wild... More>> SINBAD Sinbad was rescued from Mount Edgcumbe Country Park at Torpoint earlier this year and transferred to us in April 2008 for his final stage of rehabilitation and then release back into the wild... More>> TAMSYN On Wednesday 16th of April 2008 we received calls about a seal pup on the beach at St Ives but while on the phone to the sanctuary the pup went back in to the water. A few hours later we received another call about a pup at Porthmeor also in St Ives... More>> APRIL A white coat pup aged between 2-3 days old was found on a beach in Padstow on 22nd of April 2008 not looking too well. Unfortunately the people who had found the pup picked her up... More>> FABULA On Monday morning (28th April 2008) Clare and Amy left the Sanctuary for the drive to Heathrow, to collect a grey seal that was flying in from Zoo Marine. Luckily when they arrived the seal was ready to go... More>>

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