Celebration the seal lost her mom but found some friends
Just yesterday a helpful birdwatcher in the UK was out doing his bird watching thing, when he noticed some unusual farm animal activity.
Ian Ellis, 67, was out walking when he couldn’t help but notice some cows acting strangely. Ellis used his trusty telescope (of course) to discover that the cows were all gathered around a particular area and acting very inquisitive.
What were they looking at? A tiny seal pup who had been separated from their mother.
"There are seals on the edge of the marsh but it was the way the cows were so inquisitive that made me look,” Ian said.
The pup, only 5 days old, was separated from her mom, and waddled her way out of the stream nearby into the field. She then found herself in the middle of field.
Naturally, the whole scenario was incredibly adorable. Even more so because the pup was rescued and whisked off to safety.
Ian contacted Skegness Natureland who advised him on how to handle the pup before their staff could come and collect her.
“Once we got the pup back to Natureland, she went straight into the Seal Hospital to begin treatment,” Richard Yeadon of Natureland told the Daily Mail.
“Her main problem is that at only five days old she was orphaned and therefore had not fed for a while. She had lost quite a lot of weight and was dehydrated.”
Skegness Natureland celebrates their 50th birthday this year. So they decided that Celebration would be the perfect name for the little seal pup.
For the time being Celebration is going to be on a high-fat diet before she can be released into the wild. Natureland are responsible for rescuing 30 to 50 seals every year.
