March Update

Things are fairly quiet at the sanctuary at the moment. The late Grey season is coming to an end and the Common season has not started yet. We have 7 seals here at the moment; Benny, Calypso, Danny, Tommy, Velvet, Malibu and Ebony. Despite this we are still finding lots of things to do. We are really concentrating on our fundraising efforts at the moment. We have a lot of events coming up in the near future. We are having a table quiz in Kealy's of Cloghran on the 20th of March so everyone is welcome to attend. We also have collections in the pipeline which I will keep you informed of.

One of the best things about volunteering at the Irish Seal Sanctuary is when we have a seal release. It is brilliant to see the seals going back to their natural habitat. I am including a couple of photos of recent releases. Paddy and Sammy are now back in the wild.

Katie.

Brenda the badger

We had a great surprise waiting for us this morning. As we went about our daily duties of cleaning and feeding we discovered that Brenda our Badger had some company in her Sett. We presume they are babies but cannot be 100% sure as we don't want to disturb her too much. How exciting!!! If we have any badger experts out there please get in touch and maybe we can have a chat about this amazing new development.

Cheers,
Katie.

Result!

Good news...grey seals have been spared from literally a fate worse than death. To read more go to

http://www.hsus.org/press_and_publications/press_releases/grey_seals_spared_from_massacre_021209.html

It just goes to show...never give up!

Update

We have been so busy at the Sanctuary lately. We are still admitting seals nearly every day and there is no let up. We also have Brenda the badger to take care of and an oiled bird which requires constant care and monitoring. Tiny Tim and a few of her companions were released at the weekend which was brilliant to see-we wish them a long and healthy life in the wild!

We are organising some fundraising events in the very near future:

Sponsored swim in Howth on February 22nd and a table quiz on the 20th of March! Please contact us if you are interested in helping us or taking part!

The sponsored swim is in aid of Ebony. Ebony came to the Sanctuary a few months back. We assume he has neurological problems but we need further tests to confirm. As you can imagine this is an expensive process and we need all the help we can get. Jordan, one or our resident volunteers, came up with the idea of a sponsored swim to raise funds to help us pay for his treatment.

Check back soon for pics of Ebony as well as the process we go through to save an oiled bird!

KATIE.

Interesting Websites

If you would like to know more about seals and marine mammals in general check out the following websites:

www.irishsealsanctuary.ie
www.sealsanctuary.co.uk
www.thesealsanctuary.co.uk
www.marinemammalcenter.org

Enjoy!

Photos

The volunteers at the sanctuary have been taking brilliant photos so I think it only fair to share them with you! You can find loads more on our Facebook page. There are also links to the volunteer's pages where they have collections of photos from their time in Ireland.

One of the photos is of Lynn (our animal manager) and Sonny and the other is of Tiny Tim!

Facebook

The Irish Seal Sanctuary now has a Facebook page. Invite us as a friend and keep up to date with all the happenings at the Sanctuary. You can gain access to loads of photos and other cool stuff! So what are you waiting for?