Sprout was rescued on 15th May 2016
Sprout, male grey seal, was rescued from Brancaster beach on 15th May 2016 after several members of the public called the Sanctuary concerned by the blood around his mouth. On finding him at the beach it was very obvious he had a nasty case of lungworm and was quite underweight for his age at 24kgs.

Check in back at the hospital confirmed what the Animal Care Team suspected and found some small wounds on his rear flippers as well. 		Sprout
Sprout Update - 5th June 2016 : This photo left of Sprout was taken on 4th June 2016 in the hospital´s pen 4.

Click here to see a larger version of this photo and a further one.
Update - 24th July 2016 : Sprout has been moved to the outside resident seal pool for his final stage of rehabilitation and will be released back to the wild soon.
Update - 1st September 2016 : Sprout along with Star and Zelda were released back to the wild on 18th August 2016 at Old Hunstanton beach. Click here to read about the seal release in the online Eastern Daily Press.   His flipper tag number is 176 (blue).

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