Carrie Fisher was rescued on 12th December 2023
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Carrie Fisher, a 12 weeks old female grey seal pup, was rescued from Paignton in South Devon on the 12th of December 2023 by volunteer marine mammals medics of the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR).
She was found malnourished and underweight for her age.
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This pup was taken to the BDMLR´s seal hospital in Cornwall for initial treatment and care until a pen was available a few days later on 15th of December 2023 for her at the Sanctuary´s hospital at Gweek where she continues her rehabilitation journey.
Photos Credit : Lizzi Larbalestier - BDMLR - 12th December 2023
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Update - 29th December 2023 : Carrie is spending a week or so in the hospital receiving TLC from the animal care team. It will not be too long before she is moved down to the outside nursery pools for her next stage of rehabilitation.
Her flipper tag ID number is SL277 (yellow).
The photo below was taken on 29th of December 2023.
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Update - 3rd January 2024 : Carrie is now in the outside pools, this means she is on the road to recovery and mixing with other seal pups, also has a deeper pool to swim in. Pups in the nursery pools will be learning how to behave in the wild, interacting with other seals and also competing for their fish, which are all vital skills they will need when they are released back out into the wild.
Photos credit - George Tyrone Deacon - BDMLR - 3rd January 2024
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Update - 29th January 2024 : Carrie is currently in the rehabilitation pool and still needs to put a few more kilos on before she is released back into the wild. She currently weighs 22.5kg.
These photos of Carrie were taken on the 27th of January 2024.
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| Update - 25th February 2024 : Carrie is in the rehabilitation pool and will be ready to be returned back into the wild shortly. These photos below of Carrie were taken on the 24th of February 2024.
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Update - 27th February 2024 : The weather conditions in Cornwall were perfect to release some of the seal pups who had been staying at the Sanctuary for the past few months were released back into the wild on the 27th of February 2024 at Perranuthnoe beach in South Cornwall.
Carrie, along with lots of other rescued pups, were all at a good weight and fully recovered thanks to the care and expertise of the brilliant Animal Care Team. It is such an amazing feeling for the team to see them happily "galumphing" back home. Good luck little ones.
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