Teign was rescued on 3rd January 2005 Teign was rescued on the 3rd of January and is our first pup of 2005. Found at Porthcurno, aged about 10 weeks and weighing 15.5kg. She has a swollen jaw on the left side and a swollen right flipper, Teign also has a high temperature. She is being force fed fish and is on antibiotics and pain killers. Update 6th May 2005 - Teign along with Brant and Lune were released back into the wild on 4th May 2005; all the pups went off very quickly. The next morning we had a phone call to say that Teign has turned up in the Hayle Estuary; we are keeping a close eye on her and hope she will go out when the tide comes in.   Teign´s hat tag number is 41. Update: 21st September 2008 - Teign has been spotted at haulout along the coast of Cornwall on 7th September 2008 by Dave & Lesley Jarvis members of the Cornwall Seal Group who identifies and monitors local seals.

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