Seal rehabilitation centre worker caring for a harbour seal (Phoca vitulina). Tender gestures are sometimes used to help sick seals recover while they are held in quarantine. This work is being carried out at the Seal Rehabilitation and Research Centre (SRRC),in Pieterburen,the Netherlands. Sick,injured and orphaned seals are treated and cared for here until they can be released back into the wild. The centre was founded in 1971,and treats around 200 seals a year | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Landmann, Patrick |
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