A seal thought to have been injured in a dog attack on a Northumberland beach earlier this year is now "demolishing plenty of herring" after putting on 10kg and having flipper surgery at a vets in Morpeth.
Kiwi was picked up dehydrated and underweight by Blyth Wildlife Rescue on Cambois Beach in on January 12. When he was brought back to the charity's centre, he had a low temperature, bloody gums, and several puncture wounds to his rear flipper, as well as a fractured digit.
After a period of getting him back up to a healthy weight (he has gained 10.2 kilos in a month and now weighs in at 27.6kg), he was taken to have the fractured digit removed at Vets4Pets in Morpeth on Saturday afternoon (February 11). Kiwi was put under anaesthetic which can be challenging for seals due to their unique adaptations for life underwater.
