Elvis was rescued on 22nd December 2012
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Gender : Male
Location of Rescue : Porthgwidden beach, St Ives
Age at Rescue : 6 weeks old
Weight at Rescue : 15kgs
Reason for Rescue : This pup was found to be malnourished for his age and few wounds to body.
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Update - 31st December 2012 : Elvis is currently in the isolation pen 1 of the hospital.
Click here to see a larger version of the above photo taken on 27th December 2012.
Update - 7th January 2013 : Elvis is now in the main hospital´s pen number one. This pup is still on treatment as he had high temperature.
Update - 10th February 2013 : Elvis is still in the hospital but will be moved to the outside nursery pool shortly.
His flipper tag number is 122 (red).
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Update - 23rd February 2013 : Elvis has been moved to the outdoor pools for his next stage of rehabilitation and to learn how to compete for fish with the other seals.
Update - 1st May 2013 : Photo left of Elvis was taken on 27th April 2013 in the convalescence pool.
He currently weighs 30kgs.
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Update - 1st June 2013 : Elvis along with Arnold, Mick Jagger, Travis and Fiona Bruce were released back to the wild on 30th May 2013 at Gwithian.
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Photo right was taken by Photographer Simon Bone.
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Update - 13th April 2024 : Elvis was seen at local haul-outs along the north coast of Cornwall on 30th January 2014, 6th & 7th February 2014, 21st April 2014, 19th May 2014, 29th December 2014,
Click here to see a larger photo (left) of Elvis taken by Sue Sayer of the Cornwall Seal Group Research Trust on 30th January 2014, 2nd February 2015, 13th April 2015, 18th April 2015 (photo below), 29th June 2015, 9th, 13th 27th & 30th July 2015, 20th August 2015,
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Also seen on 3rd September 2015, 25th January 2016, 4th & 15th April 2016, 28th June 2016, 22nd August 2016, 19th December 2016, 9th & 13th March 2017, 20th & 24th July 2017, 1st & 10th August 2017, 28th January 2019 and 11th, 18th & 29th January 2018, 15th February 2018, 23rd April 2018, 17th May 2018, 22nd August 2018, 6th September 2018, 17th December 2018, 3rd & 10th January 2019, 7th & 18th February 2019, 25th & 28th March 2019, 1st & 18th April 2019, 5th August 2019, 24th January 2020, 6th, 10th & 19th February 2020, 23rd July 2020, 19th & 26th October 2020, 17th December 2020, 1st & 17th January 2021, 8th March 2021, 30th April 2021, 10th May 2021, 7th November 2021, 26th January 2022, 3rd February 2022,
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14th March 2022, 4th & 18th April 2022, 1st November 2023, 1st, 11th & 22nd January 2024, 21st March 2024 and 13th April 2024.
Click here to see a larger photo (right) of Elvis taken by Sue Sayer on 18th April 2015.
Members of the Cornwall Seal Group Research Trust who identifies and monitors local seals.
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