Submitted by Steve on 12:12, 14th Feb, 2020 |
147 years ago yesterday there was no such thing as the GSPCA to help animals in Guernsey as today on Valentine's Day we celebrate our anniversary.
Yesterday around 430pm the GSPCA were called out to the Shingle Bank on the West Coast of Guernsey to what they found was a very poorly, thin , dehydrated and chesty grey seal pup.
Submitted by Steve on 15:52, 16th Dec, 2019 |
Last night the GSPCA team were devastated as Crash the grey seal pup passed away.
Found a ¼ of the weight he should have been emaciated and with an extremely bad infection Crash had been receiving treatment and around the clock care.
Despite having put on an additional 5kgs in weight in less than a week Crashes chest infection despite medication didn’t seem to improve and last night at 11pm he passed away.
Steve Byrne GSPCA Manager said “We are saddened to have to let everyone know that Crash the grey seal pup passed away last night.”
Submitted by Steve on 20:30, 5th Dec, 2019 |
Earlier today our Animal Collection Officer and GSPCA Head of Marine Mammals Geoff George was rescued a 2-3 day old Grey seal Pup from Grandes Rocques.
The very emaciated and poorly pup was nearly a quarter of the weight he should be for his age with no mother in sight.
At only 12kgs if the pup hadn’t been rescued it would have surely perished on our West Coast.
‘Crash’ as the young pup has been named is now receiving around the clock intensive care as it will need fluids and rehydration every 2 hours 24/7 to stablise it.
Submitted by Steve on 15:36, 8th Aug, 2019 |
Just after lunch today the last two Guernsey seal pups from the last breeding season were released back into the wild.
Mambo who was rescued near Fort Doyle on the 4th February and Hannah was found near the Fairy Ring two weeks later and was the sixth seal pup to arrive into our care last winter.
It has been an extremely busy year for grey seal pups with two from Jersey and 4 rescued in Guernsey.
Submitted by Steve on 16:56, 2nd Aug, 2019 |
It’s been a very busy year for grey seal pups and finally the last two Guernsey pups are ready for the wild.
It is planned to release Mambo and Hannah sometime next week and preparations are currently underway.
Once again we are looking to release both locally rescued pups on Jethou as we did for Sealia and Gully back in May.
All seal pups were extremely emaciated and would have likely perished if they hadn’t of been rescued which include two from Jersey.
Submitted by Steve on 22:57, 27th Jun, 2019 |
After months of care and 3 already released to the wild the 3 remaining seals are on the final stretch to the next part of their journey and life.
Having released Marty back in Jersey as well as Gully and Sealia on Jethou recently we now only have Hannah, Mambo and Andy left in our care.
Hannah and Mambo are doing incredibly well but need their final feeds of herring and mackerel and all donations of fresh fish or towards fish are hugely appreciated to fatten them up before their release very soon.
Submitted by Steve on 14:53, 21st May, 2019 |
Earlier today grey seal pups Sealia and Gully were returned back to their home waters.
Gully was rescued last November and Sealia early January, both were between a quarter to a third of the 40kgs they should have weighed for their age which was under a month old and extremely poorly, emaciated and in such ill health they wouldn’t have survived if they hadn't have been rescued.
They needed around the clock intensive care for many weeks and required tube feeding until they were strong enough to eat on their own.
Submitted by Steve on 22:58, 20th May, 2019 |
Tomorrow (Tuesday 21st May 2019) seal pups Sealia and Gully will be released back in the waters where they belong.
Both were found close to death starving with a number of ailments and after months of care will be released on Jethou thanks to Island Rib Voyages and the kind team that live on Jethou.
This will leave two Guernsey seal pups Mambo and Hannah who improve daily and Andrew from Jersey.
Submitted by Steve on 16:35, 19th Apr, 2019 |
After months of care and with good weather on our site the GSPCA released Marty the Jersey seal pup back in the wild today and it was without doubt one of the best releases ever for the GSPCA team.
This Winter has been exceptionally busy for seal pups at the GSPCA as up until this morning we have had 6 in our care but thanks to a lovely Jersey family and their boat Marty is now back in the wild.
Marty arrived at the GSPCA on the 17th December just a week before Christmas last year weighing just 18kg when he should have been 40kg.
Submitted by Steve on 11:38, 18th Apr, 2019 |
After months of care and with good weather on our side the GSPCA plan to release Marty the seal pup back in the wild tomorrow.
With six seal pups the GSPCA have been the busiest it has ever been looking after what were all starving animals close to death when they were first rescued and we are delighted to announce the first is now ready to be returned to the wild.
