Knight Rider was rescued on 6th November 2018
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Knight Rider, 5 weeks old male seal pup, was rescued on 6th November 2018 from Sennen Cove.
This pup was underweight, malnourished, weighing only 13.5kgs, and with a nasty large graze on his rear right flipper.
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Update - 25th November 2018 : This photo of Knight Rider was taken in the hospital pen number 2 on 23rd November 2018. He currently weighs 21kgs.
His flipper tag ID number is 320 (red).
Click here to see a larger version of this photo taken on 23rd November 2018.
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Knight Rider was moved down to the outside nursery pool 1 on 24th November 2018 for his next stage of rehabilitation and to learn how to compete for fish with the other rescued seal pups, Shirley and Footloose, during feeding time.
Click here to see a larger version of this photo taken on 24th November 2018.
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Update - 31st December 2018 : This photo of Knight Rider was taken in the rehab pool on 28th December 2018, Click here to see a larger version.
Update - 14th January 2019 : Knight Rider was released back into the wild at Dollar Cove on 10th January 2019 along with Top Gun, Pretty Woman, Rambo and Gremlin.
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Update: 15th February 2021 - Knight Rider was spotted at local haul-outs along the coast of Cornwall on 23rd December 2019 and 9th, 19th & 23rd March 2020, 6th October 2020, 17th December 2020 and 8th & 15th February 2021.
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By monitoring the behaviour of seals after release back into the wild, the Cornish Seal Sanctuary, Seal Research Trust and other organisations can use this information to define the best practice standards and policies that they can share with the international rescue community.
Each seal´s fur pattern is unique and enables the organisations to track them for life.
Seals face many challenges, yet we all depend on them to balance our marine ecosystem, which 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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