# Caithness Seal Rehab &amp; Release

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC052004
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** Sept. 13, 2022
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC052004


## Contact

- **Address:** Windhaven, Brough, Thurso, Caithness, KW14 8YE
- **Postcode:** KW14 8YE
- **Website:** https://www.caithness-seal-rehab-release.co.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It carries out activities or services itself&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of environmental protection or improvement&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of animal welfare&#x27;

**What the charity does:** Caithness Seal Rehab &amp; Release is set up to rescue sick, injured or abandoned seal pups along the north west, north, north east coastlines, as well as the isle of Lewis, Isle of Harris and North &amp; South Uist. Members of the public and other organisations report stranded seal pups to us, we assess the pup and uplift if needed.

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;No specific group, or for the benefit of the community&#x27;

**Objectives:** Purposes 4 The organisation&#x27;s purposes are: (a) The advancement of education, with the teaching of what species of seals are along the Caithness coastline, their habitats, the behaviours and how we can protect them. (b) The saving of marine mammal lives, in particular Pinnipeds, by rescuing them if warranted and uplifting them to a safe environment for rehabilitation. (c) The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science, by recording and monitoring seal populations already present and those that are rescued &amp; released. (d) The advancement of environmental protection or improvement, by monitoring vulnerable areas, feed availability and pups born. (e) The advancement of animal welfare. (f) The rescue, protection, treatment, rehabilitation and release of sick or injured Pinnipeds.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** Highland
- **Geographical spread:** More than one local authority area in Scotland







