Tony Hudgell was rescued on 12th July 2020 Tony Hudgell was rescued on 12th July 2020 from Gorleston beach after being found injured and malnourished. His right eye has been punctured, the animal care team suspect by an adult seal, and he will more than likely lose the vision in it. The animal care team have checked him over and are now trying hard to rehydrate him and improve his body condition but the team have a big fight ahead of them. At 9.2kgs, Tony is a third of the weight he should be at his age. Update - 3rd September 2020 : Tony Hudgell is slowly putting on weight. This and above photos were taken on 30th August 2020 in hospital pen number 1. Click here to see a larger version of this photo. His flipper ID tag number is SL232 (yellow). Update - 2nd October 2020 : Tony (left) along with another seal pup, Joe (right), who were rescued at the beginning of the summer holidays have been released on 1st October 2020. It is always a good day when the Animal Care Team return the rescued seal pups back to the wild where they belong, but at the same time it is a bit emotional saying goodbye after being with us for three months or more. A special and massive thank you to The Wash Monster crew helping with taking the pups to the sand banks with the other Norfolk Seals. It has been nice let their customers "participate" to Joe and Tony´s release!