Gemini was rescued on 17th January 2014 Gender : Female Location of Rescue : Harlyn Bay near Padstow Age at Rescue : 8 weeks old Reason for Rescue : The pup was found to have a badly broken jaw. Upon arrival at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary, Gemini was taken to the vets by members of the Animal Care Team to have her broken jaw realigned and fixed. Update - 30th January 2014 : Even after all the trauma Gemini has been doing really well, eating food for herself. It will be 3-4 weeks before Gemini´s jaw is fully healed and the wire is removed. This pup is a feisty female with lots of attitude! Update - 25th February 2014 : Photos above and left of Gemini were taken on 22nd February 2014 in the nursery pool.   Click here to see a larger version of this photo. Gemini´s flipper tag number is 247 (orange). Update - 14th April 2014 : Click here to see a larger version of this photo of Gemini taken on 12th April 2014 in the convalescent pool. Update - 24th May 2014 : Gemini along with Taurus, IO, Europa and Quasar were released back into the wild on 22nd May 2014 at Gwithian. Click here to see a selection of amazing photos taken by Photographer Simon Bone of the seal release.

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