Nasa was rescued on 14th October 2013
Gender : Female

Location of Rescue : Chapel Porth, St Austell

Age at Rescue : 5 weeks old

Weight at Rescue : 15kgs

Reason for rescue : Nasa was found to have deep wounds on her back.
Nasa
Nasa was transported from the beach at Chapel Porth 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 Nasa was prescribed antibiotics as a precaution to fight any infections she may be harbouring and also anti-inflammatories, aquavits and iron.

Update - 26th October 2013 : Nasa´s wounds are healing nicely! She is really feisty seal!! She has been moved from the hospital to the outside nursery pool for Nasa´s next stage of rehabilitation and to learn how to eat fish for herself and hopefully Shuttle, another rescued seal pup, is teaching her what to do! Nasa currently weighs 16.5kgs.

Update - 16th November 2013 : Nasa continues to be very feisty. The deep wounds on her back have now healed and she is off treatment. The pup was moved down to the outside nursery pools to continue rehabilitation and just recently moved into the convalescent, doing swimmingly! Currently weighs 26kgs.

Nasa Update - 22nd November 2013 : Nasa is now in the convalescent pool with the resident seals and rescued pups, Aurora, Eclipse, Mars, Orion, Moon, Galaxy and Milkyway.

Update - 2nd December 2013 : This photo (left) of Nasa was taken on 1st December 2013 in the convalescent pool. Nasa´s flipper tag number is 152 (orange).

Click here to see a selection of photos of Nasa.
Update - 29th December 2013 : Nasa is currently in the convalescent pool.

Click here to see a larger photo of Nasa taken on 28th December 2013.
Nasa
Seal Release - 9th January 2013 Update - 11th January 2014 : Nasa along with Shuttle, Leo, Aurora, Eclipse, Persier and Persius E were released back into the wild on 9th January 2013 at Carbis Bay.

Click here to see a selection of photos taken by Dan Murphy of the release.

Photo left by Dan Murphy
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,
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The staff at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary do a brilliant job and without your help, they couldn´t continue.

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