The rescue of Humphry

Braving a howling South Easter this morning as we took our usual stroll down Glencairn beach where to our utter amazement there was a seal parked just at the edge of the breakers. We were sooo excited until we realised that this poor little fellow was actually wounded with a broken jaw and was not in a hurry to go anywhere.

I hurried back to the house to call the SPCA while Amanda stayed and made sure that he was safe from dogs and people. We named him "Humphrey" due to his occasional "humph" sound he made as he struggled to breath. 45 mins later the SPCA pitched up and Gareth told us that he looked like an Arctic Fur Seal as opposed to the more common Cape Fur Seal we get around here.

I helped pack Humphrey into his new form of transport and carried him back to the car where Gareth told us their vets would examine him and we could call later to find out how he was doing.