Short Film: I Went Seal Spotting For 7 Days
https://youtu.be/RnghDLXCgzU
Alongside this video, I wanted to share a little more about what the Tynemouth Seal Hospital do to help sustain the Grey and Harbour seal populations across the north east coast.
The hospital is an entirely volunteer run organisation, operating entirely off of donations with no outside government funding. Despite this, they have one of the highest re-release success rates of any seal rehabilitation centre down this coastline, with 70-80% of their seals being able to be reintroduced to the wild.
Boromir the seal in 1 of the 5 rehabilitation pods. Image provided by Alan Harrison
Due to the lack of funding and resources available, there are currently only 5 spaces available at Tynemouth Seal Hospital. Any other injured or ill seals must be transpo...