Species : Common Seal
Date Arrived : June 2013
Rescued from : South Heacham beach
Age : A few days old
Reason for rescue : Pup has been abandoned by her mum.
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Superman was found with another pup together on the beach after being abandoned by their mothers.
The two pups were rescued by members of the Animal Care Team and taken to the seal hospital where the pups were placed in neighbouring pens so they can keep an eye in each other.
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Update: 18th July 2013 - Superman is putting on lots of weight and is already being hand fed with fish.
Unfortunately, Lois, her partner, despite the best efforts from the animal care team, passed away.
Click here to see a larger photo of Superman taken on 12th July 2013.
Superman´s flipper tag number is 097 (red).
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Update: 2nd August 2013 - The baby of the group, Superman, she is gaining weight well and eating lots! Despite being the smallest, she is a tough one, and with a little help from some antibiotics has managed to recover really well from the nasty virus that the Animal Care Team have been fighting this year.
Unfortunately, she also has Seal Pox, but don´t worry - it is just like when we get Chicken Pox!
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The Animal Care Team are keeping a close eye on Superman as she recovers, but are confident she will be just fine. It does mean she will be kept by herself until she is completely better, just to make sure the other seal pups don´t catch it - just like Chicken Pox, it is very contagious!
Despite this, Superman is very happy, and still the feisty one of the group. She is now big enough to be learning to pool feed, and if she picks it up as fast as he learnt to hand feed, she will even manage to beat the others at it!
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Update: 31st August 2013 -
Superman is still one of the fastest learners of the group. She is now completely able to feed herself! She still has seal pox, but she is quite active, very happy, and has a great appetite.
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Update: 9th September 2013 - Superman is putting on lots of weight and is currently in the hospital´s weaning (swimming) pool. She is very cute!
Click here to see a collage of photos of Superman taken on 7th September 2013.
Superman´s flipper tag number 97 (red).
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Update: 1st October 2013 - Superman was released back into the wild on 25th September 2013 at Snettisham Beach.
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Update: 12th November 2013 - Kieran, Displays Supervisor, at the SEA LIFE Sanctuary received an email from Pierre-Yves, the Director at the Animal Protection League of Calais in France to say they had found a little common seal on 9th November 2013 on the beach at Wissant in France and taken to their centre.
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Upon arrival at the centre in Calais, Superman weighs 21kgs. She looks very healthy and there are no injuries, she just got a bit lost and didn´t pick up feeding properly - she came in very young.
Click here to see larger versions of these photos of Superman at the centre.
Update: 1st February 2014 - Pierre-Yves of the Animal Protection League Centre advised that they had released Superman back into the wild on 19th December 2013 with another seal.
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