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Seal pups find sanctuary at Christmas at Skegness Natureland
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15/12/2023
Skegness Natureland has had an influx of grey seal pups - but with a new rescue van and keepers raising awareness of their work they are ready for a busy Christmas.
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00:00
[Groaning]
00:30
Daisy it's quite busy in the hospital isn't it?
00:33
It is, yeah we're absolutely full, every single pen is full with baby seals now.
00:38
Now it is a busy time of the year for you isn't it?
00:43
Yes it is, yeah so November, December, January is grey seal pupping season
00:50
so we often are busy at this time of year.
00:53
It does happen every so often that we do get absolutely full
00:57
and then it gets tricky with rescues for us.
01:01
Now you've got some good news regarding rescues, do you want to tell us about that?
01:06
Yes so we finally now got a new rescue van
01:11
so we just wanted to say a huge thank you to everybody who helped us reach that goal,
01:16
everybody who donated, everybody who shared our appeal as well.
01:20
It's down to you guys that we managed to get one so thank you very much.
01:26
Now you are still open aren't you and it is important that people still come and support you at this time of the year?
01:34
Yeah definitely, we run off donations but more importantly people's admission prices
01:40
so people coming to see us, we do drop our prices in the winter because it's a little bit cold
01:46
and a couple of things are closed, we've not got our alpacas on site
01:50
so we really do appreciate people coming to see us because that helps us to fund the rescue work.
01:56
And people can also see the good work that you do?
01:59
Yes, so you can come into the hospital and you can see all of the new rescues that we've had in the pens here
02:06
and get to see a little bit of what the hospital team do on your visit as well.
02:10
And they can also follow you on Facebook as well?
02:13
Yes so we've got Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, even TikTok as well
02:17
so if you'd like to see what we get up to behind the scenes, all the funny things that the seal pups do as well
02:23
but also the work that we do, we've got a few videos about that as well.
02:28
Emily there's a lot of excited seals in that pool now they've seen you coming.
02:35
You said it's the best job in the world?
02:38
It is!
02:41
It is, I don't think anybody else can say that they go to work and get to do this every day
02:46
and see all these beautiful faces, it keeps you happy.
02:49
Now you've been sending out an important message as well haven't you
02:53
to people if they come across a seal on the beach
02:56
because it is that time of the year when they do get washed up.
03:01
Yes, so it's one of the main things that we teach here
03:05
and I'll try and teach on my social media pages as well.
03:08
The most important thing to remember is if you find a seal on the beach
03:12
make sure you give them lots of space and stay at least 100 metres back.
03:16
If a mother sees you approaching her newborn baby
03:19
she might abandon that baby and leave it behind
03:21
which is where sanctuaries like ours need to step in
03:24
so make sure you keep good distance, keep dogs on leads and children away too
03:28
and don't trip for seals.
03:30
Now that message has gone a long way hasn't it?
03:36
To America in fact, were you surprised that you'd been featured on American TV?
03:43
I was, it was a big shock to see that my videos and our work
03:48
has reached an audience overseas but it was still very exciting
03:52
they do have lots of seals in America too so the same message applies
03:55
so it was good to share that message.
03:58
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