The Friedrichskoog seal station released the first howlers of the season on the Schleswig-Holstein North Sea coast on Monday. Paul and Friso came to the station as howlers when they were two to three days old, according to the seal station. Employees released Paul as the first animal on Monday. However, he was a bit hesitant at the beginning and initially orientated himself towards the people again. Friso, on the other hand, slipped relatively quickly into the water.
According to the seal station, Paul was found on May 29 on the island of Pellworm. He weighed only 8.3 kilograms. The Friso found a day later weighed 500 grams more. Both have been nursed back to health in the seal station over the past few weeks. They have now exceeded the minimum release weight of 25 kilograms.
So far this year, 185 seal howlers have been taken in for rearing at the seal station in Friedrichskoog. Although the main birth season is coming to an end, seals are still being born on the sandbanks, the station said. Young animals born in the past few weeks are still being suckled and need rest.
According to the seal station, if you see a young seal, the following still applies: do not touch the animals under any circumstances and inform the responsible seal hunter immediately. He decides on site whether the animal needs help and whether it needs to be taken to the seal sanctuary.