Florence Pugh was rescued on 25th January 2024
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Florence Pugh, a 3-4 months old female grey seal pup, was rescued from Porthkidney beach, Lelant, on the 25th of January 2024 by Alison and George, volunteer marine mammals medics, of the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR).
The pup was found malnourished and underweight at 16.4kg for her age with respiratory breathing issues, superficial wounds, pale gums and bloody crusty nose.
Photos Credit : Alison Davey - BDMLR
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This pup was transferred to the BDMLR´s seal hospital in Cornwall for initial treatment and care until a pen was available for her at the Sanctuary´s hospital at Gweek on the 29th of January 2024 where she continues her rehabilitation journey.
| Photos Credits : Alison Davey and Lizzi Larbalestier - BDMLR
25th & 29th January 2024 - BDMLR´s hospital
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Update - 31st January 2024 : Florence is currently in the isolation area of the hospital.
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Update - 25th February 2024 : Florence has been given a couple of courses of antibiotics and now doing a lot better. Once she has fully recovered and gained some weight, Florence can be moved down to the outside pools from the hospital to continue her rehabilitation process.
Photos below of Florence were taken on the 24th of February 2024 in the hospital.
Her flipper tag ID number is SL292 (yellow).
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| Update - 1st March 2024 : Florence is now in the outside nursery pool number 3, 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.
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Update - 25th March 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 21st of March 2024 at Perranuthnoe beach in South Cornwall.
Florence along with Alastair Mackenzie, Julia Roberts, Matilda, Muffy and Ricky Gervais, 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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