Staff from an aquarium came to the rescue of a seal pup as it struggled in freezing temperatures.
St Andrews Aquarium in Fife said it was "inundated" with phone calls from members of the public telling them a small, grey seal pup, thought to be only weeks old, had washed up on West Sands beach in St Andrews.
Aquarium staff tended to the seal before the Scottish SPCA took the pup to its wildlife rescue centre in Fife.
Andrew Whiston, displays manager at the aquarium, said: "Upon assessing the situation we immediately called the Scottish SPCA to attend.
"Because of the general physical state of the young animal, who was very underweight, shivering and clearly very ill, they asked if we could capture him and administer immediate first-aid treatment pending their arrival, which we duly did.
"Time was clearly of the essence and our first task was to get the young pup warm as he was clearly struggling with the temperatures of the Scottish winter.
"We kept him off the ground on a warm vet bed until the Scottish SPCA could collect him and take him to their wildlife rescue centre in Fife."
The Scottish SPCA said the young seal, who staff named Atlantis after the space shuttle, is expected to make a full recovery.
Rescue centre manager Colin Seddon said: "Atlantis was very light and hadn't been thriving, so this was clearly a seal pup that needed rescuing.
"We'll continue to care for him until he is ready to be released back into the wild."
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/12/05/baby-seal-on-st-andrews-beach-weather-freezing-ice-scotland_n_1129652.html?ref=uk
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Seal found in main street of Scottish town
A seal pup is recovering at an animal rescue centre after it was washed into Helensburgh's main street on Friday morning.
The animal, which is thought to be three or four weeks old and female, was swept into the town's main street in the early hours.
A passer-by spotted the animal outside a shop in the town's West Clyde Street who alerted the police, who then contacted the Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue Trust, an animal welfare charity based in Beith.
It is thought that the pup became separated from other seals during a period of bad weather, the wind and waves carrying the animal ashore.
The seal pup is now being cared for by the charity at their rescue centre. It is not thought to have suffered any injuries and is thought to be in good health, but is getting treated with antibiotics as a precaution.
It was, however, suffering from dehydration and has lost a lot of weight since becoming separated from its mother. The charity is confident that the pup will make a full recovery.
The local charity takes in injured and orphaned wild animals, and last year cared for almost 3,500. They currently have two other seal pups in their care, a common seal that was found in the River Clyde near Glasgow Green and a grey seal that came from Ayr.
David O'Reilly from Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue said: "They each eat about 30-50 herrings a day, so they will be keeping us busy with the amount of fish that they will eat over the winter."
It is expected that the animal will be released back into the wild early next year.
By John Kilbride
http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/208636-seal-pup-recovering-after-being-washed-into-helensburghs-main-street/
The animal, which is thought to be three or four weeks old and female, was swept into the town's main street in the early hours.
A passer-by spotted the animal outside a shop in the town's West Clyde Street who alerted the police, who then contacted the Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue Trust, an animal welfare charity based in Beith.
It is thought that the pup became separated from other seals during a period of bad weather, the wind and waves carrying the animal ashore.
The seal pup is now being cared for by the charity at their rescue centre. It is not thought to have suffered any injuries and is thought to be in good health, but is getting treated with antibiotics as a precaution.
It was, however, suffering from dehydration and has lost a lot of weight since becoming separated from its mother. The charity is confident that the pup will make a full recovery.
The local charity takes in injured and orphaned wild animals, and last year cared for almost 3,500. They currently have two other seal pups in their care, a common seal that was found in the River Clyde near Glasgow Green and a grey seal that came from Ayr.
David O'Reilly from Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue said: "They each eat about 30-50 herrings a day, so they will be keeping us busy with the amount of fish that they will eat over the winter."
It is expected that the animal will be released back into the wild early next year.
By John Kilbride
http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/208636-seal-pup-recovering-after-being-washed-into-helensburghs-main-street/
Seal found in main street of Scottish town
A seal pup is recovering at an animal rescue centre after it was washed into Helensburgh's main street on Friday morning.
The animal, which is thought to be three or four weeks old and female, was swept into the town's main street in the early hours.
A passer-by spotted the animal outside a shop in the town's West Clyde Street who alerted the police, who then contacted the Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue Trust, an animal welfare charity based in Beith.
It is thought that the pup became separated from other seals during a period of bad weather, the wind and waves carrying the animal ashore.
The seal pup is now being cared for by the charity at their rescue centre. It is not thought to have suffered any injuries and is thought to be in good health, but is getting treated with antibiotics as a precaution.
It was, however, suffering from dehydration and has lost a lot of weight since becoming separated from its mother. The charity is confident that the pup will make a full recovery.
The local charity takes in injured and orphaned wild animals, and last year cared for almost 3,500. They currently have two other seal pups in their care, a common seal that was found in the River Clyde near Glasgow Green and a grey seal that came from Ayr.
David O'Reilly from Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue said: "They each eat about 30-50 herrings a day, so they will be keeping us busy with the amount of fish that they will eat over the winter."
It is expected that the animal will be released back into the wild early next year.
By John Kilbride
http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/208636-seal-pup-recovering-after-being-washed-into-helensburghs-main-street/
The animal, which is thought to be three or four weeks old and female, was swept into the town's main street in the early hours.
A passer-by spotted the animal outside a shop in the town's West Clyde Street who alerted the police, who then contacted the Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue Trust, an animal welfare charity based in Beith.
It is thought that the pup became separated from other seals during a period of bad weather, the wind and waves carrying the animal ashore.
The seal pup is now being cared for by the charity at their rescue centre. It is not thought to have suffered any injuries and is thought to be in good health, but is getting treated with antibiotics as a precaution.
It was, however, suffering from dehydration and has lost a lot of weight since becoming separated from its mother. The charity is confident that the pup will make a full recovery.
The local charity takes in injured and orphaned wild animals, and last year cared for almost 3,500. They currently have two other seal pups in their care, a common seal that was found in the River Clyde near Glasgow Green and a grey seal that came from Ayr.
David O'Reilly from Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue said: "They each eat about 30-50 herrings a day, so they will be keeping us busy with the amount of fish that they will eat over the winter."
It is expected that the animal will be released back into the wild early next year.
By John Kilbride
http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/208636-seal-pup-recovering-after-being-washed-into-helensburghs-main-street/
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Baby seal in garden named Rudolph
Tuesday, 22 December 2009A family who found a baby seal in their back garden in Kent 18 miles from the sea named her Rudolph, saying she was a "brilliant Christmas present".
The pup, which the RSPCA said was less than a year old, was in the Dwyer family's garden in Benenden on Monday morning when they let out pet dog Jack.
"We could see it came from the stream at the end of the garden from tracks in the snow," said Harriet Dwyer.
"I heard Jack barking and went over to see what looked like a huge slimy cat."
It is thought the seal got into the stream from the River Rother, which meets the English Channel at Rye.
Storms or floods
"It got in our pond and I think it ate some of my parents' goldfish," said Miss Dwyer.
"Jack is a collie and rounded it up a bit and it eventually settled in the herb garden by the corner of the house."
The RSPCA is now caring for the seal, which has been renamed Gulliver, at Mallydams Wood Wildlife Centre near Hastings in East Sussex.
Keeper Elaine Crouch said baby seals often became separated from their mothers in bad weather such as storms or floods.
"This one is a really good weight, and not starving but has been completely lost," she said.
"She has a a tag from Belgium, probably put on by the rehabilitation centre at Ostend, then she got into the River Rother and ended up in the stream."
See video at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8427436.stm
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