Aquarius was rescued on 28th December 2013
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Gender : Female
Location of Rescue : Little Fistral, Newquay
Age at Rescue : 2 weeks old
Weight at Rescue : 12kgs
Reason for Rescue : She was an underweight whitecoat with a swollen flipper and a few wounds and oil on her neck and mouth.
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The pup was rescued by members of the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) team on 28th December 2013 from Fistral beach in Newquay.
Upon arrival at the Seal Sanctuary´s hospital, she was put into isolation pen number 1 where a full clinical assessment was carried out by members of the Animal Care Team. She has been named Aquarius.
Update - 20th January 2014 : Aquarius is still in the hospital.
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Update - 24th February 2014 : Aquarius is now in the outside nursery pool number 3 for her next stage of rehabilitation and to learn how to compete for fish with other seal pups during feeding time.
Click here to see a larger version of this photo of Aquarius taken on 22nd February 2014.
Aquarius´s flipper tag number is 242 (orange).
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Update - 14th April 2014 : Click here to see a larger version of this photo of Aquarius taken on 12th April 2014 in the convalescent pool.
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Update - 24th May 2014 : Click here to see a larger version of this photo of Aquarius taken in May 2014.
Aquarius has completed her rehabilitation and is now ready to be returned to the wild.
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Update - 29th May 2014 :
Aquarius along with Aries, Soyuz, Astrid and G-Force were released back into the wild on 28th May 2014 at Gwithian.
Click here to see a selection of photos taken of the seal release.
Click here to watch a short video of the release.
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Each pup at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary can cost up to £1,000+ to rescue, rehabilitate and release, if you would like to help by adopting a pup (Adoption £25 each pup) or make a donation towards a pup´s rehabilitation, please click here for more details.
The staff at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary do a brilliant job and without your help, they couldn´t continue.
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