UK: Dogs visit seal sanctuary to cheer sea lions amid COVID-19 lockdown

Amid unprecedented coronavirus lockdown, a group of dogs have been visiting a seal sanctuary in bid to keep m company. While taking to Facebook, Cornish Seal Sanctuary said that y usually welcome over 10,000 people a year to ir centre. However, due to lockdown, y have been forced to close and refore, animals y take care have become isolated and lonely. 

In a bid to keep seals engd, staff n decided to bring ir dogs to work. While sharing a few ims from visit, a spokesperson from sanctuary said that animals definitely h fun and perked up. staff said that animals were ‘intrigued’ to see dogs again and seemed to love experience. 

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caption of post re, "With Sanctuary having guests walking around, our animals have definitely ticed difference. team have been working around clock to provide lots of extra enrichment and fun for animals to keep m healthy, happy and entertained”. 

It furr re, “Our team decided to bring ir dogs in to say hello to seals and to remind m of what it is like when Sanctuary is open. animals were very intrigued to see dogs again on site and enjoyed interacting with m!”. 

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Sanctuary uses music to calm seals 

Furrmore, sanctuary also ded that dog visit did t just help lonely seals, staff at centre also h fun and have been using music to keep mselves entertained. centre said that team also have been playing music over speaker system to keep residents calm and happy. While referring to research confuted at sanctuary back in 2017, centre said that playing classical music helps decrease anxious behaviour in sea lions. 

caption re, “ team have also been playing music over speaker system to help to keep residents calm and happy. This follows research conducted at Sanctuary by student Mati Skerrit, in 2017. She found that playing classical music to our California sea lions decreased anxious behaviours and increased time spent playing and swimming”. 

With lockdown, sanctuary also said that y were surging to make ends meet. centre also informed that y have w set up a fundraising p as well to help m pay £23,000 it costs every month to keep charity running. While calling it a ‘seal appeal’, sanctuary wrote, “We are w entering our third month without guests, and need your support more than ever”. 

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