Cows save stranded seal pup
When Ian Ellis was birdwatching at Frampton Marsh nature reserve in Lincolnshire UK, he noticed a strange sight: a herd of cows crowding around an unidentified creature. But that wasn’t the end of it. When he took a closer through his telescope, he was startled to see a seal pup peer back at him from a mud puddle.
It is believed the tiny pup, who is only a five days old, swam into the marsh when the nearby North Sea was at high tide but became trapped when the tide receded.
Ellis searched for the pup’s mother but to no avail. He called Skegness Natureland Seal Sanctuary, who helped Ellis move the pup to Natureland for rehabilitation
“Once we got the pup back to Natureland, she went straight into the Seal Hospital to begin treatment,” Skegness Natureland Seal Sanctuary wrote on their Facebook.
“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.”
The adorable animal was named Celebration and is enjoying all the herring she can eat. The Sanctuary says they will release the seal back into the wild once she reaches 30 kilograms and can feed in water on her own.
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