Galaxy was rescued on 20th October 2013
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Gender : Female
Location of Rescue : Boscastle harbour
Age at Rescue : 2 weeks old (whitecoat)
Weight at Rescue : 16kgs
Reason for rescue : No sign of Mum. A few small puncture wounds on her body and flippers.
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Galaxy was transported from the beach at Boscastle to the Cornish Seal Sanctuary and was put into one of the isolation pens in the hospital. A clinical assessment was carried out by members of the animal care team and the pup was prescribed antibiotics as a precaution to fight any infections she may be harbouring.
Update - 26th October 2013 : Galaxy is pretty feisty girl! She is currently on a course of antibiotics for her wounds. Galaxy is starting to moult and loving having a swim in her hospital pen number 3. Members of the Animal Care Team are helping her to eat fish until she learns for herself. Galaxy is a very pretty seal pup.
Update - 16th November 2013 : Galaxy´s wounds have now healed. After force feeding for 5 days she began ripping up her own fish. She is sharing a pool with Moon and the seal pup is teaching her how to fish for herself. Galaxy currently weighs 19kgs. Galaxy´s flipper tag number is 157 (orange).
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Update - 22nd November 2013 : Galaxy is now in the convalescent pool with the resident seals and rescued pups (Aurora, Eclipse, Mars, Orion, Nasa, Moon and Milkyway).
Update - 2nd December 2013 : This photo (left) of Galaxy was taken on 1st December 2013 in the convalescent pool.
Click here to see another photo of Galaxy.
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Update - 29th December 2013 : Galaxy is currently in the convalescent pool.
Click here to see a larger photo of Galaxy taken on 28th December 2013.
Update - 20th February 2013 : Galaxy along with Milky Way and Solar were released back into the wild on 18th February 2014 at a beach along the south coast of Cornwall.
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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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