The Irish Seal Sanctuary present Seals and our Coast www.irishsealsanctuary.ie
Grey Seal Common Seal, also known as Harbour Seal
Seals are mammals that live in the sea and on land!
Female grey seal with her pup
Grey Seal Pup Grey Seal Pup With a Whitecoat also known as a Lanugo 3 weeks later they loose their whitecoat and get their first adult coat
COMMON SEAL PUP Picture by Tim Mc Donald
Abandoned or Injured
KENNELS ARE THE FIRST STOP
At the Irish Seal Sanctuary
Hand Feeding
Nursery Pools
Seals eat seafood such as fish, squid, crabs, lobster and shellfish
Fiona Fogarty
BREACHING HUMPBACK WHALE HUMPBACKS EAT HERRING TOO BUT WHAT ELSE DO THEY EAT? Picture by Fiona Fogarty
Common Seals basking on rocks
Killer Whales and Humans are the only threat to seals in Irish Waters
GREY SEAL AT HOWTH HARBOUR Picture by Fiona Fogarty
Live by the Seashore Code No littering or polluting the water Never remove wildlife from the beach Never disturb a mother and baby seal Never put a baby seal in the water Never pick up a baby seal yourself Seals are wild animals not pets. Respect our wildlife and the job they do in the sea. Don’t feed seals let them find their own food. Contact the ISS if you see something wrong