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In recent years, the number of grey seals has been on the rise in the west and the U.S. [38] and Canada [39] there have been calls for a seal cull. Seal pup a few days after birth. Seal pup first-year survival rates are estimated to vary from 80–85% [40] [41] to below 50% [42] depending on location and conditions. Starvation, due to ...
An independent animal hospital has said winter storms and rising sea levels "can be almost disastrous" for grey seal pups. South Essex Wildlife Hospital, based at Orsett, said it helped rescue 100 ...
A seal pup was discovered lethargic, skinny and tangled in plastic on the shoreline in Beach Haven on Feb. 15. A call was made for an entangled seal around 4:30 p.m.
The first pups of this breeding season are arriving on the Suffolk coast.
A ragged-jacket (or, occasionally, "raggedy-jacket") is the name given to a harp or grey seal pup when it is undergoing its first moult, and the intermediate stage between a "whitecoat" and a "beater". [1] [2] The moulting begins when the pup is at an age of about 12–14 days, at which time they cease nursing. At this young age, the pups are ...
An estimated 2,500 pups were born in the last breeding season at the site, up from fewer than 100 births around 20 years ago.
Weaned seal pup. Among phocid seals, there is some variation of how maternal and pup behaviour takes place during lactation. Variation is dependent on access to the water, risk of predation and access to food. There are two main strategies seen in seal breeding in ice habitats. The first strategy is observed in grey seals, hooded seals and harp ...
A young grey seal pup rescued from Monmouth Beach Monday is the latest patient at the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine, the non-profit sea mammal rescue organization said.