Photo

Hi,

I found this photo of Harry and thought the Summer '08 volunteers would like it as a keep sake seeing as poor little Harry didn't make it in the end. I'm sure everyone will agree that he was a pleasure to look after though. RIP Harry.

Katie

Lyndsey's Release

Please see Lynn's email below regarding Lyndsey's release:

 We are looking to releasing ' Lyndsey' the grey seal pup on  
 Wed, 3rd of December @3pm in Strandhill, Sligo. Lyndsey  was  
 rescued on the 9th of October by David Mullan and Barry Finan in  
 Sligo. She was a whitecoat when found and she had multiple wounds  
 and was quite underweight. She has made a great recovery and we  
 look forward to seeing her go home!!!
 
 Hope we'll see you there if you are in the area!

 Thanks
 Lynn

GOOD LUCK LYNN

Good Luck to Lynn who is up for the Volunteer of the Year Award tonight. We all know you deserve it and wish you the best of luck. Love; all of us at the ISS. Xx

Seal Release

Princess and Silver to be released-see Pauline's email below for details:

Princess Saltee and Carol Silver, two grey seal pups rescued and 
rehabilitated by the Irish Seal Sanctuary, will be returned to the 
wild, in full health on Saturday 29th November, St. Helen's Bay, Co 
Wexford at 2pm.

All are welcome to attend.

Princess Saltee, was rescued on the Saltees by local birdwatchers and 
ferrymen and brought by our local volunteer, Kevin McCormack to 
Dublin for care at the Irish Seal Sanctuary. She won the hearts of 
all the volunteers at the ISS, both international and local.

Carol, was named Silver by the volunteers due to her beautiful white 
coat, indicating her juvenile age, she had a sweet personality and 
was a pleasure for them to take care of, despite her emaciated state.

Both seals have made a great recovery and are fighting fit and ready 
to go back to the wild.


Pauline
Irish Seal Sanctuary.

KATIE :-)

Pub Quiz

TABLE QUIZ IN AID OF THE IRISH SEAL SANCTUARY

DATE: 19TH DECEMBER 2008

PLACE: GORMLEY'S GARRISTOWN

TIME: 8PM

INFO: PRIZES TO BE WON ON THE NIGHT!

CONTACT THE SANCTUARY FOR DETAILS!

Welcome

Thanks to Katie for opening up this new window on world for ISS and lovely to have enjoyed a virtual guided tour of it today...............so many new friends and connections yet to meet,just waiting out there for us! Great to see schools getting in touch and I'm learning from their sites and especially exciting to be in touch with "ISS" graduates" and hearing of their tales and onward progreess - Planetary Healers........Laurence and Ben with Mexican Turtles and Mario with Canadian Bears......so it was not a mispent youth here after all and you make us all proud...!!
LET'S HEAR FROM MORE OF YOU as we will all be closely monitoring Brendan

More photos

Click on the photos to make them bigger and get a proper look at our residents.

Photos

Hi,

I thought it time to upload some more photos and a little video so here we go...

Update 14/11/2008

Hi All!!!!

Just a recap of what has been happening lately at the sanctuary. New grey seal in from Wexford. Alex(Penelope) is a lovely fully molted pup. She has a couple bite wounds and a bit of a "cold" and is on medications and seems to be in good form.

Ebony is still same old same old. Putting on weight and appetite is still good. There still is not much movement of the flippers or body for that matter. Temp continues to stay under norm so we have him under heat most of the time.

Killian"Foggy" seems to be progressing, cloudiness of the cornea looks like it has reduced slightly. He really enjoys his warm baths too!!!

Mango getting ready for release soon. Three cheers Hip Hip hooray!!!! He's been here almost as long as I have!!

Dean's right eye is still infected, even after two weeks on eyedrops. hopefully vet will have an answer as what to do next.

Sonny's flipper is still wrapped up and he is not a very happy camper anytime we go near him. Can't wait for it to heal so he can go back into water and have a bit of comfort!

Pools are doing well. We have Benny, current resident seal, Silver, Lyndsey, and Princess in Loch Emma. Silver eating strangely, almost as if she has an injury in her mouth?? toothache possibly?? Princess and Lyndsey are hoovers and devour large amounts.
C&O has Arin, his flipper looks wonderful, still not eating like a proper grey though, Moran, who looks like he'll be ready for release with the others in Wexford on the 29th.Yippee!!!

Additional comment:
Thank you Katie for showing me how to access this. Very cool!
Cheers
Lynn

Christmas

The volunteers at the Irish Seal Sanctuary are planning on holding a table quiz in December (we have yet to confirm a place and date). The table quiz will be held in aid of the sanctuary to raise vital funds needed to continue with our everyday activities which include seal rescues, seal releases and veterinary care for our residents. If anyone is interested in lending a hand or in donating prizes for the night please let us know!

Mario

The countless bowls of soup and sandwiches at the fire , the couple that turned to a few .
Nothing much left to desire , you'd always meet somebody new .

Great you've set up a blog , enjoy your time with the ISS .
And really look , what you learn there is all about respect .
I think that is where the solution lies though .

Brendan said once : 'the seals would be allright on their own' , if we could only persuade some more people to leave wildlife be .
Mary and Brendan have been more than ambassadors for habitat preservation .
Their backyard has been an oasis for us , where we could be as close to one with wildlife as possible at that stage . I'll be one of the few in Canada to go looking for bears with a Camera instead of a rifle because of what I've learned .

(and quit smoking Bren)

Pebbles

It is with great sadness that I relay the news that Pebbles died last night. I'm not sure of the exact cause but we will know in the next few days when the results come back. The other seals at the sanctuary all seem to be doing fine at the moment. Lyndsey and Princess Salty are doing extremely well up in the big pool. Benny (one of two of our remaining Common Seals) is as docile as ever and persists in lazing about in the other big pool all day. Silver's attempts to engage him in some playful activities are simply ignored! Poor little Silver. I'm including a picture of Princess before she went up to the big pool. Isn't she lovely?

K :-)

Pebbles

Pebbles

Saturday was all go at the Sanctuary as usual! We spent the morning looking after and monitoring our residents including Ebony (a baby Grey) who is not doing too well. Hopefully she will get better before too long. We also went on a rescue to Gormanstown Beach. We received a phone call from a man who was concerned when he saw the pup up on the rocks of the beach. We arrived on the scene and had to walk about a mile down the beach before we found the poor little fella. We decided to name him Pebbles as that's where he was found. On our initial examination we found that Pebbles had terrible mouth injuries almost to the extent that his gums were rotting. We rinsed his mouth and gave him some fluids. We then loaded him into the Seal ambulance and brought him back to the sanctuary. I will keep you updated on his progress.

Katie :-)