\n The newborn grey seal, believed to be just two days old, was spotted on a beach at Castlemartin Range on Wednesday, September 16.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority staff cordoned off the area with “No Access” signs to protect the vulnerable animal from disturbance.\n<\/p>\n
\n By Thursday, September 17, the pup was resting peacefully, but by Friday, September 18, it had disappeared.\n<\/p>\n
\n Grey seal pups are very vulnerable during their first three to four weeks of life, and they need “space and peace”.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesperson for Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority said: “On Wednesday, a grey seal pup thought to be just two days old was found on a beach on Castlemartin Range.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Our team put up \u2018No Access\u2019 signs and cordoned off the beach to protect it from disturbance.\n<\/p>\n
\n “On Thursday, the pup was sleeping peacefully. By Friday, there were human and dog footprints across the beach and the pup was gone.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Further checks on Saturday and Sunday found no sign of it”.\n<\/p>\n
\n Footprints appeared on the beach, despite signs urging members of the public to stay away (Image: Pembrokeshire Coast via Facebook)\n<\/p>\n
\n Members of the public are being urged to respect all beach closures, and to keep dogs away from the area.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n The spokesperson continued: “We don\u2019t know what happened to this pup, but the signs and cordon were there for a reason.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Grey seal pups have just three to four weeks with their mothers to build the reserves they need to survive independently.\n<\/p>\n
\n “During this vulnerable time, they need space and peace.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Please stay away from beaches, bays and coves where seals or pups are present.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Keep dogs away and always respect signs, tape and cordons.\n<\/p>\n
\n “No beach visit is worth putting a seal pup at risk.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Please share to help protect them”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The newborn grey seal, believed to be just two days old, was spotted on a beach at Castlemartin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-779234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}