Alpha was rescued on 21st January 2018 Alpha, 8 weeks old male seal pup, was rescued on 21st January 2018 from Porthminster beach, St. Ives by some members of British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) team. Alpha had a large net entangled around his neck which caused a severe large open wound around the back of his neck. Weighed 16kgs. The pup was taken and treated at one of BDMLR´s holding facilities until a hospital pen became available at Gweek on 1st February 2018. Update - 25th February 2018 : Alpha was moved down to the outside nursery pool for his next stage of rehabilitation and to learn how to compete for fish with other rescued seal pups. Alpha´s flipper tag number is 360 (green). This photo was taken on 23rd February 2018, click here to see a larger version of this. Update - 28th March 2018 : Alpha is in the convalescent pool for his final stage of rehabilitation. Alpha weighed 21kgs on 19th March 2018. This photo was taken on 25th March 2018, click here to see a larger version of this. Update - 29th April 2018 : Alpha has completed his rehabilitation and will be returned to the wild soon. This photo was taken on 27th April 2018, click here to see a larger version of this. Update - 24th May 2018 : Alpha along with Dewgong, Zacky, Winston, Lucy and Eyns, were released back into the wild on 21st May 2018 at Porthtowan. Update - 20th January 2022 : Alpha has been spotted at seal colonies along the coasts of Cornwall on 27th September 2018, 14th, 18th & 28th February 2019, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 11th & 21st March 2019, 5th & 15th April 2019, 20th May 2019, 6th & 20th June 2019, 11th July 2019, 26th September 2019, 12th December 2019, 13th, 23rd & 24th January 2020, 13th & 24th February 2020, 13th March 2020, 6th, 14th, 18th, 21st & 25th April 2020, Photo Credit : Sue Sayer - CSGRT - 28th February 2019 22nd August 2020, 3rd, 6th, 10th, 17th & 24th December 2020, 11th February 2021, 10th & 13th May 2021, 16th & 20th September 2021, 13th December 2021 and 17th January 2022 by members of the Cornwall Seal Group Research Trust (CSGRT). Photo Credit : Sue Sayer - CSGRT - 22nd August 2020 Members of the Cornwall Seal Group Research Trust (CSGRT) volunteer hundreds of hours of their own time to photo, identify, carry out surveys, monitor and watch over the seals around the Cornish coast. Each seal´s fur pattern is unique and enables the CSGRT volunteers track them for life. Seals face many challenges, yet we all depend on them to balance our marine ecosystem, this is essential to make the oxygen we breathe. Seals are our globally rare wildlife tourist attraction, helping diversify coastal economic prosperity.

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