Orphan seal returned to wild is now a mum

DELIGHT AFTER NURTURE BY RSPCA AND WELSH MOUNTAIN ZOO

- By CATRIN WILLIAMS

orphaned and was underweight when she was found on a North Wales beach, but was successfully returned to the wild and now has a pup of her own. (Picture: Adge Lane)

(Adge Lane)

AN ORPHANED seal pup rescued from a North Wales beach more than five years ago is now thriving in local waters - and raising a pup of her own.

Staff at the RSPCA‘s Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre, near Nantwich, spent three months caring for Kale, a young grey seal pup brought in by British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) in 2020.

She had been found underweight and alone, but quickly began to recover under the centre’s specialist care.

Kale was tube-fed, then hand-fed fish until she could feed independently.