Species : Common (harbour) Seal
Date Admitted : 6th August 2012
Sex : Male
Found : Hunstanton
Approximately 42 days old pup and weighed 7.2kg
Condition : Missing right eye and obviously been attacked by another seal whilst out in the wild.
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Update: 20th October 2012 - The infection has now healed in his right eye and currently weighs 20kg. Popeye is in the outside resident seal enclosure pool for his final stage of rehabilitation and will be released back into the wild in the next 2 months.
Photos (left & above) of Popeye were taken on
16th October 2012. Click here to see a larger version of
photo (left) of Popeye.
Popeye´s flipper tag number is 015 (green).
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Update: 8th December 2012 - Popeye along with Brad were released back to the wild on
4th December 2012 at Snettisham beach.
Click here to see a selection of photos of the release were taken by Hollie Stephenson, a member of the Animal Care Team.
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Each pup can costs up to £5,000 to rescue, rehabilitate and release, if you would like to adopt a pup or make a donation towards a pup´s rehabilitation at Hunstanton SEA LIFE Sanctuary,
please Click here for more details.
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