Zelda was rescued on 31st May 2016
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Zelda, female common seal pup, was rescued on the evening of 31st May 2016 on Salthouse beach after a volunteer seal rescuer, Steph, found the pup on the beach.
Zelda is around one years old and was found underweight with several superficial cuts. She is a little underweight, most likely as a result of having lungworm but thankfully this is easily treated.
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Weighed 20kgs when Zelda arrived at the Hunstanton Sea Life´s hospital, she will hopefully soon be back to her old self and return to the wild before too long!
Click here to see a larger version of this and above photo of Zelda were taken on 4th June 2016 in the hospital´s pen 1.
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Update - 20th June 2016 :
Yearling from 2015, Zelda has a nasty case of worms but is responding well to treatment and should progress quickly once her treatment is finished. She is underweight but loves her fish and is putting on weight nicely!
Update - 24th June 2016 : Zelda is still doing well. Just waiting on sample results for worms and she will move out into the outside resident pool to put on the rest of her weight.
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Update - 24th July 2016 : Zelda has been moved to the outside resident seal pool for her final stage of rehabilitation and will be released back to the wild soon. Her flipper tag number 76 (blue).
Update - 1st September 2016 : Zelda along with Star and Sprout 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.
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