Truffle was rescued on 18th October 2020
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Truffle, a 3 weeks old male grey seal pup, was rescued on 18th October 2020 from Tregardock beach in Newquay by members of the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) marine mammal medics.
He had several flipper injuries, puncture wounds on his back and neck, and was underweight. This usually indicates a young pup has been separated from it´s mum due to stormy weather and the mum was unable to find the pup again.
Photo Credit : Lizzi Larbalestier (BDMLR)
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Update - 28th October 2020 : Truffle is now feeling much better and the Animal Care Team hope he will be able to join the other seal pups in the outside nursery and rehabilitation pools shortly.
He will learn how to socialise and to compete for fish during feeding time!
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Update - 31st October 2020 : Truffle is now in the outside nursery pool 1 with another rescued seal pup called Hetty. He currently weighs 19kgs.
His flipper ID tag number is SL110 (green).
Click here to see a larger version of this and a further photo taken on 30th October 2020.
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Update - 4th December 2020 : Truffle is slowly putting on weight, he is in the rehab pool along with Eliza, Tim Tam, Hetty and Pork Pie. Once he reaches 30+kgs, Truffle will be released back into the wild. Currently weighs 26.5kgs.
Click here to see a larger version of this and a further photo taken on 4th December 2020.
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Update : 2nd January 2021 - An amazing way to start the first day of the year - releasing of five seal pups back into the sea during the morning of 1st January 2021!
Truffle along with Camembert, Eliza, Hetty and Taffy have completed their rehabilitation and the time came for them to be released from Dollar Cove.
Click here to watch the video of the release.
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