Exclusive adoption of a seal

The average rehabilitation period for a seal is 2 to 3 months. You are welcome to come and visit your adopted seal once during this period, with two persons. You can make an appointment for this by mail (donatie@zeehondencentrum.nl). We are happy to arrange for one of our employees to accompany you on your visit and explain the rehabilitation process of your adopted seal.

As an adopter, we would like to invite you to be present at the release of your adopted seal. We will reserve two places you. If you want to attend a release with more people, this can be arranged after consultation with us prior to the release and at an additional cost.

Seals are released if they meet our release protocol: the seal must be healthy and able to take care of itself.

The interests of the seal always come first. Recovered patients therefore never stay in the rehabilitation centre longer than is necessary. That is why we cannot make agreements in advance about the date on which a seal will be released. In addition, the planned date depends on the tide, the weather and the availability of ships and employees.

On average, we announce when and where the seal will be released 1–2 weeks in advance. You will then be contacted by phone or email and invited to join us. In the event of strong winds or bad weather, the release may be cancelled. This will be known no later than one day before the scheduled release date. Naturally, we will keep you informed.

If you are unable to attend the release of your adopted seal, we invite you to attend another seal release. In addition, we will take photos of the release of your adopted seal and share them with you free of charge.

When there is no other option, you can bring your dog in some cases. The dog is not allowed to leave the boat. Please contact us for this.

The Seal Centre is a hospital for seals. Despite our efforts, knowledge and skills, it can happen that a seal does not make it. As an adoptant, you will, of course be informed if your adopted seal dies during the recovery process.

As an adoptant, you can choose from the following options:

1. We offer you a new seal for adoption. This restarts the adoption procedure. There are no costs involved.

2. If you do not want a new seal adopted, but you do want to be present at the release of seal: We arrange this together in consultation with you.
   
   

Do you still have questions? Then please contact us. This can be done by telephone via number 0595 – 526 526 or by email: donatie@zeehondencentrum.nl