| Sam was found on the beach at Croyde in Devon by members of the RSPCA and transferred to the Cornish Seal Sanctuary for the pup´s final stage of rehabilitation and then release back into the wild.
Sam´s orange flipper tag number is 62017.
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Update: 24th December 2008 - Sam now weighs 33 kilos.
Update: 1st January 2009 - These photos of Sam in the convalescent pool were taken on 29th December 2008. |
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Update: 13th February 2009 - Sam was released back into the wild along with April, Oscar, Fairy and Tyson at Porthtowan on 12th February 2009.
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Update: 15th March 2021 - Sam was spotted amongst the seals at local haul-outs along the coast of Cornwall by members of the Cornwall Seal Group Research Trust (CSGRT) on 2nd & 3rd April 2009, 23rd April 2009, 26th September 2009, 8th May 2010, 19th March 2011, 27th May 2011, 6th January 2012, 13th April 2015, 11th January 2018, 8th October 2018, 6th, 20th & 24th December 2018, 28th February 2019, 28th October 2019, 16th December 2019, 9th, 13th, 17th, 23rd, 24th, 27th & 30th January 2020, 3rd & 6th February 2020, 8th, 15th & 26th October 2020, 10th, 14th, 19th 26th & 31st December 2020, 1st, 3rd, 10th, 11th, 14th & 18th January 2021 and 15th March 2021. |
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Members of the CSGRT volunteer hundreds of hours of their own time to photo, identify and watch over the seals around the Cornish coast, especially at pup time!
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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