The Animal Care Team thought the 2025/26 rescue pups season was over...but what a sweetest surprise!...Meet Tiramisu, the newest patient in the Sanctuary´s hospital!
Tiramisu was rescued from Kynance Cove on the 20th of June 2026 after being monitored closely for a few days by the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) marine mammal medic volunteers and not moving on.
One of the BDMLR area coordinators asked if the Sanctuary´s team could assess the pup on the beach. Beth and Clare, part of the animal care specialists team, along with Sean and Kobi, were despatched to Kynance Cove. They found the pup exhausted and dehydrated. Beth said "the pup had wounds on her back flippers, mouth and a high worm burden which was making her snotty and difficult to breath and had likely not eaten properly for a while. She was around 10 months old and weighed just 24.5kg (she should be much bigger than this at her age)."
Update - 24th June 2026 : The team are taking very good care of Tiramisu and was prescribed a course of medication by the vets to help her heal and must have lots of rest. Tiramisu's are being cleaned twice daily. For the first 24 hours of being in the hospital, she was given fluids to rehydrate before carefully starting to be re-introduced to fish.
Update - 4th July 2026 : Tiramisu was moved down to the outside pools for her next stage of rehabilitation on the 1st of July 2026. This means she is on the road to recovery and also has a deeper pool to swim in. She currently weighs 19kg.
Her flipper tag ID number : SL389 (yellow).
These photos below were taken on the 3rd of July 2026 in the nursery pool.
Update - 30th July 2026 : This little pup has now settled into the outdoor nursery pools and is continuing to make great progress!
After a brief period of illness, the Animal Care Team are pleased to report that Tiramisu is feeling much better. She is eating well again, gaining weight (now 20.8kg!), and her medication has helped her get back to her bright and curious self.
She loves spending time swimming in her pool, although she enjoys a good sunbathe and nap even more! Now that Tiramisu is feeling better, she is also started taking an interest in her larger neighbours in Harbour View, Pumpkin, Willow, Aayla and Jinx, are always happy to entertain!
Thank you for supporting Tiramisu´s rehabilitation journey.
This photo below of Tiramisu was taken on the 16th of July 2026 in the nursery pool.
Pup Update : 7th September 2026 : Tiramisu was moved back to the outside rehabilitation pool after spending a week or so in the hospital in August 2026, she is eating whole again and is off meds now. The animal care team are slowly upping her diet every other day.
Pup Update : 23rd September 2026 : These photos of Tiramisu were taken on the 21st of September 2026.
Pup Update : After 3 months in the care of the Seal Sanctuary, Tiramisu´s release day has finally arrived! And what a beautiful morning for it on the 24th of September 2026!
She hung around for a little while, just wanting to double check with Sean that she was okay to go, and then happily swam off into the sea.
Well done to the Team on another successful rehab and release and good luck sweet Tiramisu...back where you belong now!
