Spotlight on the Cornish Seal Sanctuary!
During the virus outbreak, many seal rescues have been struggling. They’ve lost workers who would help at the center, and without visitors to the centers many are worried how they will continue to pay for food and necessities to care for seals at their rescue. As part of #RememberRescues , today we’ll be featuring Cornish Seal Sanctuary! If you’d like to contribute a seal adoption story or feature a rescue please see this post on how to do it: bit.ly/rememberrescues
The Cornish Seal Sanctuary has been an animal rescue facility in Helford Estuary for more than 60 years. In addition to the Grey Seals, Common Seals, Californian and Patagonian Sea Lions, the Sanctuary also provides a much-needed haven for a variety of other animals such as Otters, Penguins, Sheep, Ponies and Goats. Occasionally the Sanctuary´s facilities and expertise are called upon to aid in the rescue of other marine creatures such as Dolphins and Turtles.
The Sanctuary started in the winter of 1958 when a baby seal, only a few hours old, was washed up on the beach at St Agnes. Ken Jones lived with his wife Mary just one hundred yards from the beach, he picked up the pup and took it back to his small garden.
For many years he ran a rescue centre for seals and oiled birds, with just one pool, at St Agnes. The news of his work with seals spread, and he received more and more calls about injured seals. Today the Sanctuary has nursery pools, convalescent and resident pools, and a specially designed hospital.
The hospital over the years has been extended to include isolation pools, as well as treatment and preparation areas. The Sanctuary has rescued many seals over the years, and most are well enough to be released back into the wild after treatment, but some seals, for various reasons, would not survive back in the wild, so they have them as guests.
You can see the seals currently up for adoption here: https://sealsanctuary.sealifetrust.org/en/how-to-help/adoptions/
If you’d like to help the seals and other animals at this rescue center please consider donating here: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/SealAppeal
For more info visit https://sealsanctuary.sealifetrust.org/en/ or https://www.sealsanctuary.co.uk/corn1.html or https://www.facebook.com/officialcornishsealsanctuary/
