Seal Release 13th June 2017
The Cornish Seal Sanctuary had their final pup release of 2017 with five female grey seal pups being released back into the wild on 13th June 2017.

It was a very quick release; it didn´t take them very long to venture out into the sea and were soon immersed amongst the waves.

Grey seal pups Caiman, Fish, Flamingo, Lobster and Mantis Shrimp were released at Dollar Cove, Gunwalloe. The planned release is a major operation involving several members of the Sanctuary team.

The rehabilitation pool was drained, and then each pup was herded into a cage and then transferred to a trailer which was then driven onto the beach to be safely released. Usually as soon as a pup has reached 40kgs and has received a clean bill of health they are then released back into the wild. This season the Sanctuary has rescued 51 grey seal pups.

There are a variety of reasons as to why grey seal pups need to be rescued, from malnutrition to being separated from their mum at just a few days old.

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