PACIFIC - Arrived on 11th March 2006 We received a call from the RSPCA on the Island of Guernsey about a pup that might need to be transported to the Seal Sanctuary for rehabilitation. On the 11th March 2006 the pup who was called Pacific, was flown over to Newquay airport, where it was picked up by the National Seal Sanctuary staff and brought back to the hospital here at Gweek. Pacific, who is a little boy, weighed in at 21.5 kilos and was around 8 weeks old. He spent around 7 days in isolation, here we took a blood sample. The results came back clear and Pacific was transferred down to the nursery pools to continue rehabilitation. Update: Photo was taken of Pacific on 20th of May 2006 in one of the nursery pools. Pacific´s flipper (light green) tag number is 46. Update: 14th July 2006 - Pacific was released back into the wild along with Bock, Smuggler and Spingo at Porthtowan at 6.30am on 12th of July 2006. Update: 24th May 2018 - Pacific has been spotted many times at a local haul-out along the north coast of Cornwall by Sue Sayer of the Cornish Seal Group Research Trust*. This photo (right) was taken by Sue on 22nd April 2007. Here are Pacific´s visit records:- 28th January 2007, 31st May 2007, 29th October 2007, 12th January 2008, 26th January 2008, 17th February 2008 and 10th May 2018. Members of the Cornish Seal Group Research Trust identifies and monitors seals around the coast of Cornwall.

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