Neptune was rescued on 27th October 2017 Neptune, male seal pup, was rescued by members of the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) team on 27th October 2017 from Land´s End. The pup had wounds to his flipper and a scratch to one of the eyes. Update - 13th November 2017 : Neptune was eating well for himself upon arrival at the hospital, however, he needs eye drops for his eyes so the pup is being kept in the hospital in a dry pen until the ulcer has healed. Update - 21st November 2017 : Neptune was moved down to the outside nursery pools. Update - 28th November 2017 : Neptune is now in the convalescent pool and is enjoying racing the other pups for fish during feeding time. His flipper tag number is 326 (green). Update - 20th December 2017 : Neptune along with Prudie, Dwight, Drake, Rosie, Jewell and Kitty were released back into the wild at Porthtowan on 18th December 2017. Update - 11th November 2020 : Neptune was spotted at haul-outs along the west coast of Cornwall by members of the Cornwall Seal Group Research Trust* (CSGRT) on 19th April 2018, 24th May 2018, 4th February 2019, 4th & 7th March 2019, 5th April 2019 and 11th November 2020. Photo credit : Sue Sayer of CSGRT - 4th February 2019. Members of the 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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