Kronk was released after 90 days in our care.
You can see the list of all animals released at this release in the release record.
Kronk
Patient Record
Species: Harbour Seal
Patient ID: PV2510
Admitted on: 2025/06/30
Collection Site: Hollydene Beach
Reason for Admission: Underweight, Maternal Separation
Weight at Admission: 8.2 kg
Patient Status: released
Time in Care: 90 days (2 months, 4 weeks, 1 day)
Transfer History
Received from: (Direct to MMR)
Mode of Transport: Harbour Air
Release
Story
Kronk was found alone on a very busy beach in Victoria, showing clear signs of maternal separation. Now safe in our care, Kronk is getting the support he needs to grow strong and healthy!
Patient Updates
Kronk is doing well and growing stronger each day!
Kronk is growing up fast and loving his daily swims!
Kronk has started fish school, he's doing great and will be eating fish on his own in no time!
Kronk has graduated fish school and is now in a pre-release pool! He's learning to compete for fish with other seal pups and gain weight before he gets released.
Kronk is gaining weight every day and prepping for release!
We appreciate your taking on this pup and getting him in to care (also Harbour Air for getting him there quickly!). We arrived at the beach just before your team member. People were doing a great job of keeping their distance and alerting beachgoers and dogs to keep away too, but he looked in distress and exhausted, trying to move down the beach in the shallows and hauling out here and there. We’re so grateful for the folks who found out you’re the ones to call, and to your network for providing pickup, transportation, and care.
So glad to see this little baby guy is in care and doing okay! I was at the beach that day and was so worried about him afterwards.
I do think it’s important to remind people about keeping their dogs away from baby seals and other animals in distress, as this is a small area and little Kronk was looking for help but had to be very brave since there were so many dogs on the beach. Thank you for looking after this sweetie, such a relief to find his updates here.