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Yahoo
12-04-2025
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Hospital concern as third seal pup of 2025 rescued
An animal charity in Guernsey has expressed a need for help after the rescue of its third seal pup of 2025 while it plans building a new wildlife hospital. The Guernsey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA) said members were called out on 3 April to a poorly grey seal at Chouet headland. It said the pup was just over 20kg (44lb) - about half the weight for his age - and had been named Dark Horse. The GSPCA, which is planning to knock down its current seal facilities to build the hospital, said it was looking for options to aid pups while the build took place, including help from the UK. It added that pups would be stabilised in Guernsey before they were sent elsewhere. Dark Horse has joined two other seals which were rescued in March, now named Swish and Fireworks. Head of marine mammals Geoff George said Dark Horse was dehydrated and had really bad diarrhoea when found. "It is not easy caring for such sick seal pups when they arrive needing 24-hour care and, without us, these pups wouldn't be alive today," he said. GSPCA manager Steve Byrne said: "All three pups are improving daily. "We are due to knock down our current seal facilities to build new, so we did reach out to the [UK's] RSPCA to see if they could help." He said the RSPCA was unable to help due to a large numbers of seal pups in its care already. He added: "We are now looking at other options to help the seal pups needing our care while the build takes place. "We are very busy at this time of year with wildlife and are now very close to selecting a building firm for the new wildlife hospital." He added that for "this season of seals we are looking for help in the UK for their rehab while the build takes place, but we will, of course, stabilise them here." Follow BBC Guernsey on X and Facebook. Send your story ideas to Charity releases two seals back into the wild Rescued seal pups in Guernsey go back to the wild Severely underweight seal pup rescued GSPCA
BBC News
12-04-2025
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GSPCA hospital concern as third seal pup of 2025 rescued
An animal charity in Guernsey has expressed a need for help after the rescue of its third seal pup of 2025 while it plans building a new wildlife Guernsey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA) said members were called out on 3 April to a poorly grey seal at Chouet headland. It said the pup was just over 20kg (44lb) - about half the weight for his age - and had been named Dark GSPCA, which is planning to knock down its current seal facilities to build the hospital, said it was looking for options to aid pups while the build took place, including help from the UK. It added that pups would be stabilised in Guernsey before they were sent elsewhere. Dark Horse has joined two other seals which were rescued in March, now named Swish and Fireworks. Head of marine mammals Geoff George said Dark Horse was dehydrated and had really bad diarrhoea when found."It is not easy caring for such sick seal pups when they arrive needing 24-hour care and, without us, these pups wouldn't be alive today," he said. GSPCA manager Steve Byrne said: "All three pups are improving daily."We are due to knock down our current seal facilities to build new, so we did reach out to the [UK's] RSPCA to see if they could help." He said the RSPCA was unable to help due to a large numbers of seal pups in its care already. He added: "We are now looking at other options to help the seal pups needing our care while the build takes place."We are very busy at this time of year with wildlife and are now very close to selecting a building firm for the new wildlife hospital." He added that for "this season of seals we are looking for help in the UK for their rehab while the build takes place, but we will, of course, stabilise them here."
BBC News
03-03-2025
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Seals released back into the wild in Guernsey
The final pair of seals to be cared for by a Guernsey charity before a big renovation project have been released back into the Guernsey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA) said the rescued seals named Roar and California Girl were released back into the wild on charity has looked after the pups since the end of last year when they were found very dehydrated and infected, with staff saying the seals were close to death.A GSPCA spokesperson said the pair are likely to be the last seals to be cared for in its current facilities before its new Wildlife Hospital is built. Geoff George, head of marine mammals, said the pups had done very well during their treatment in the GSPCA said: "Both pups have roughly quadrupled their weight from when we rescued them and doing so well we hope to release them in the coming days."Steve Byrne, the GSPCA manager, said the charity's total of rescued seals released back into the wild was 43 in the past 12 years."Geoff and the team have done such an incredible job caring for Roar and California Girl," Mr Byrne said."Both seal pups were so close to perishing when rescued."
BBC News
02-03-2025
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Lizard found in Guernsey suitcase after holiday in Madeira
A lizard has been found alive in a holidaymaker's suitcase, as they unpacked after a trip to a Portuguese Guernsey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA) said the Madeiran wall lizard had been through an "adventurous few days" which led to it reaching manager Steve Byrne said the lizard named Maximillion, was "doing very well" and they hoped to find it a new is the second stowaway animal to make it to Guernsey in a week, after a non-native grey squirrel made it to the island and was spotted in St Sampson on Monday. Mr Byrne said the lizard was about five inches (13cm) long and was being kept in quarantine while its health was said the islander who found it "thankfully had a vivarium all ready set up so caught the lizard... and brought it up to us here at the GSPCA".Mr Byrne added if the lizard is healthy "then we will look to find it a new home as it is so difficult to get them back to their native lands".
