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| Click here to read about the seal release in the online Eastern Daily Press.
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First grey seal pup of
2016/17 rescue season
On the same day as Hunstanton SEA LIFE Sanctuary waved goodbye to 8 of the 9 common seals left, so a whitecoat first grey seal pup of the 2016/17 season arrived on 28th November 2016.
Chewy was rescued from Cley beach which is a few miles from Blakeney Point. This whitecoat under a week old pup was found skinny with a few small cuts to his back flippers, weighing 13kgs. Chewy had become separated from his mum just a little too early.
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Click here to see larger version of this photo and a further one of Chewy.
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| Chewy is very cute but bare in mind he has sharp teeth!
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Rescued Common Seal Pup
This little common seal pup below was rescued from Eccles on Sea after being spotted on the same stretch of beach for two days in a row.
After a speedy relay by volunteers, Steph and David, he was checked in at the Sanctuary on 25th November 2016. Professor Oak (photo below) is around 2 - 3 months old but is very underweight at only 13kgs! He also has a nasty case of lungworm but is otherwise quite well.
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Joy, female common seal pup, was rescued from Salthouse beach on 30th November 2016 after she was found on the beach looking a little underfed and with many small bite wounds. She is around 5 months old but is underweight.
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Paralympian Visit to SEA LIFE!
Jessica-Jane Applegate is a British Paralympic swimmer.
She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to swimming.
Jessica-Jane visited the Sanctuary on 26th November 2016 with her mum Dawn and training partner who studies at the UEA and is over from Norway, her name is Rikke. Jessica-Jane took great delight in helping Holly, a member of the Animal Care Team, to feed the seals and then later fed the sharks in the ocean tank.
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Adopt a Seal Pup
| A special way to honour a birthday, special occasion or to commemorate the life of a loved one, while supporting an important cause.
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Why not adopt a seal pup or a creature and help to maintain the first class animal care at the Hunstanton SEA LIFE Sanctuary.
Please click here for more details.
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Resident Photos
Please click here or on a photo of your choice, to see a larger version.
| Seals in the Wild!
We are now into the Grey Seal pupping season in the UK, if you are visiting the coast in Suffolk or Norfolk, you may well see newborn pups, can we remind you that white fluffy pups may look cute, but they have sharp teeth that carry harmful baterial.
They can also be easily disturbed and lose their mum, so please keep your distance and help look after our wonderful marine life!
Keep your dogs on the lead near these wild animals.
Photo below: 2 days old seal pup
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Seal Pup in the Wild!
If you should discover a seal pup that seems to be in distress, or is alone, what you do next could mean the difference between life and death for the animal.
DO keep your distance; DON´T attempt to handle the pup; DON´T attempt to put the pup in the sea;
DON´T ignore the situation;
DO tell the appropriate organisation.
Please call the Hunstanton SEA LIFE Sanctuary on 01485 533576.
| The Animal Care Team are on call around the clock to race to the rescue of seal pups in trouble anywhere around the coast.
Back at the Sanctuary, pups receive expert veterinary care and are gradually weaned from a liquid diet to whole fish in the purpose built hospital.
Then it´s to the outdoor pools to gain weight and build strength and stamina ready to resume life in the wild.
Towels Always Wanted!
Animal Care Team would like to Thank everyone for donating their towels to help with the seal pups.
If anyone has any spare towels, please drop them into the reception at the Sanctuary. Thank You so much.
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Leaflet for 2016
| The Hunstanton SEA LIFE Sanctuary´s new leaflet for 2016 is available, Click here to download a printer friendly pdf version.
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