Species : Common Seal
Date Arrived : 25th June 2013
Rescued from : Holme
Age : One day old
Reason for rescue : Abandoned by her mum and dehydrated.
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Early in the morning the Animal Care Team received a call from Kelvin at the Norfolk Wildlife Trust at Holme, walkers on the beach had found a little seal that didn´t look very well.
The team leapt into action and drove out to meet the NWT team who were keeping an eye on the little pup. When the team arrived they quickly noticed she still had her umbilical cord attached and was very dehydrated.
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They quickly rescued her and put the pup into their special stretcher and brought her back to the hospital to rehydrate her. She weighed in at 10.5kgs and was only 1 day old.
She´ll be at the SEA LIFE Sanctuary now until she weighs 30kgs and is confidently catching fish! This pup has been named Wonder Woman. The pup was the first in of the day, three more pups arrived after this one.
Update: 30th June 2013 -
Wonder Woman is doing very well in the hospital; she has gained half a kilo and is eating her fish well.
Thankfully this pup is bright, alert and hungry which is a great sign so the Animal Care Team are sure that with a lot of TLC, Wonder Woman and all the pups in the hospital will make a quick recovery and be able to rejoin their friends in the Wash by the end of the summer!
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Update: 18th July 2013 - Wonder Woman is the only female seal pup in the hospital´s weaning pool but can hold her own when the boys get loud.
She is growing quickly, putting on weight and eating more and more fish.
Click here to see a larger photo of Wonderwoman taken on 12th July 2013 in the hospital´s weaning pool.
Wonder Woman´s flipper tag number is 090 (red).
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Update: 2nd August 2013 - Wonder Woman has joined Mystique, Danger Mouse, Batman, Spiderman and Robin in the pup´s weaning pool. She is settling in nicely and definitely enjoying the chance to make some friends!
Wonder Woman and her 2 friends, Batman and Mystique, still like to be a little lazy and much prefers to get the team to do all the hard work, rather than feeding on their own. It will not be long until they figure it out too though.
Click here to see a larger photo of Wonder Woman taken on 30th July 2013.
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Wonder Woman and all her friends in the weaning pool are very healthy and putting on lots of weight, each eating up to 3kg of fish a day now! They´re getting nice and fat, which means they will be able to move to the big outdoor pool with the resident seals as soon as they learn to pick up the fish from the water for themselves.
Click here to see a larger photo of this taken on
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Update: 31st August 2013 -
Wonder Woman is still learning to eat the fish underwater - she likes to chew her fish thoroughly but are still learning how to swallow them properly (and not sideways!).
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Update: 9th September 2013 - Wonder Woman is putting on lots of weight and is in her final stage of rehabilitation and will be released back into the wild within the next two months.
Click here to see a collage of photos of Wonder Woman taken on 7th September 2013.
Wonder Woman´s flipper tag number 90 (red).
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Update: 30th October 2013 - Wonder Woman along with Spiderman, Batman, Mystique, Danger Mouse and Robin were released back to the wild on 20th October 2013.
Click here to see a selection of photos taken by Sarah Parker.
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Update: 1st February 2014 -
Kieran, Displays Supervisor at the SEA LIFE Sanctuary, received an email from Pierre-Yves, the Director at the Animal Protection League of Calais in France to say they had found a little common seal on 22nd January 2014 on the beach at Grand Fort.
Upon arrival at the centre in Calais, Wonder Woman weighed 22kgs. She looked very healthy and there were no injuries, we think she just got a bit lost and didn´t pick up feeding properly - she came in very young.
Click here to see two further photos of Wonder Woman at the centre.
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