Mivvi was rescued on 5th July 2015
Mivvi, female common seal pup, was found on 5th July 2015 at Heacham North beach along with another seal pup. After being separated from their mums they more than likely heard each other calling out for food on the beach and found their way to each other.

Apart from Mivvi being a bit underweight at 8.7kgs and exhausted, these two are both in good health and with a little help from the Animal Care Team will be ready to go back to the wild before too long.
Mivvi
Mivvi Photo above: Funny Foot (left) and Mivvi (right).


Update - 16th July 2015 : Here is the latest photo of Mivvi taken on 12th July 2015, she is in the hospital´s pen number 3 and shares this with another rescued seal pup named Funny Foot. She now weighs 9kgs.

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Update - 31st July 2015 : Mivvi and her friend Funny Foot are still in the hospital´s pen number 3. Both hand feeding well and starting to learn to eat fish for themselves. Mivvi currently weighs 12kg.
Update - 11th August 2015 : Mivvi is still sharing her hospital pen with Funny Foot. They both still need to put on a little more weight before moving outside to the resident seal pool for their next stage of rehabilitation.

This photo of Mivvi was taken on 9th August 2015, click here to see a larger version of this.
Mivvi
Update - 27th October 2015 : Mivvi is currently in the main outdoor pool being fattening up for her release back to the wild in the next month or so. She weighs 29kgs.
Mivvi´s flipper tag number is 84 (yellow).
Seal Release on 17th November 2015 Update - 19th November 2015 : Mivvi along with Maxibon, Feast, Funny Foot and Tutti Frutti were released back to the wild on 17th November 2015 at Snettisham beach. Mivvi weighed 35kgs.

Click here to see a selection of photos of the release of these pups via flickr. Also Click here to watch a short video of the seal release.
Update - 5th June 2016 : Following many calls from members of the public about a seal seen on the shores at Wells Next The Sea looking very unwell, Nat, a member of the Animal Care Team, went to check on the seal on 14th April 2016. To her surprise, it turned out to be Mivvi. Mivvi was suffering from lungworm and weighed 21kgs.

Back at the seal hospital, Mivvi was treated for lungworm and given lots of TLC and fed fish.
On 18th May 2016 weighing 33kgs Mivvi was returned to the wild along with Pacman, Donner, Tinsel, Noel and Krampus at Snettisham beach.

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Seal release on 18th May 2016

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