Three four-month old rehabilitated Harbour Seal pups were released onto Seal Sands on the 11th of November.
These pups had been nursed back to health by staff at the Scarborough Sea Life Centre after being found in a very poor state of health on the Yorkshire coast during August. It is not unusual for newly weaned pups to struggle in the wild. If they do not manage to find enough food they soon become weak and eventually end up stranded on the coast often having also succumbed to disease and parasites.
Thankfully, these feisty youngsters were rescued and are now in good health. Although initially wary of going back into the wild after their 3 months in captivity they soon took to the water to join the other Harbour Seals which already live in the Tees estuary.
The seal release which was co-ordinated by the Industry Nature Conservation Association (INCA) and supported by Natural England, ConocoPhillips and PD Ports.
