FLAKE was rescued on 6th October 2001 Flake, female seal pup, was rescued on the 6th October 2001 from Widemouth Bay.   She was 5 days old upon rescue and had a long white creamy coat indicating she was still dependent on her mother. Sadly, before we could assess her, members of the public took her from the beach to a local vet. It may be that she was in fact removed from her mother. Grey seal pups are left by their mothers for 3 - 4 hours at a time; during this time the mother feeds herself close to the shoreline, before returning to suckle her pup. Usually if observing for long enough she can be seen in the surf always watching her pup. Once back in our care Flake received a milk formula, which she was fed every 4 hours until she started to moult her baby fur. We then started to introduce her to fish feeds and it was not long before she was feeding herself. Once steadily gaining weight and feeding well she was moved outside into the nursery pools before transition into the convalescent pool. Her flipper tag ID number is 78 (yellow). She was released back into the wild on 15th April 2002 at Porthtowan with Jack.