“They were quite lucky, really,” Ballantyne said. Ballantyne said his understanding was the pair went out for a fishing trip, but got into trouble when trying to drop anchor as too much weight ended up on one side of the vessel. The pair were brought aboard the Hohapata – Sealord Rescue and given blankets to warm up while the coastguard crew went about trying to right the troubled vessel. After about 10 minutes Ballantyne said the coastguard decided to abandon the vessel and come back for it as the pair were cold and needed treatment.
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A Coastguard Nelson crew trains at Port Nelson with the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter crew using the rescue helicopter s winch.
Wexford attractions to celebrate Bealtaine Living Earth Festival
Two Wexford visitor attractions are looking to celebrate nature, local heritage and sustainability in the South East this week.
The JFK Arboretum and Seal Rescue Ireland are both set to take part in the upcoming Bealtaine Living Earth Festival.
The New Ross venue will host an online tour of their facilities on Tuesday evening from half 5 where viewers can learn about their international conifer conservation project and how endangered species are being brought back to life.
Meanwhile on Thursday, Seal Rescue, which is based in Courtown you will be given a virtual all access tour of the hospital, hearing about seal ecology and the threats that wild populations are facing in modern oceans.
Big-hearted veterinary nurse Clodagh Fox admits that shedding tears is all part of her work looking after sick or injured animals.
Nothing pleases her more than to see a poorly creature back on its feet after treatment or surgery at the UCD Veterinary Hospital in Dublin.
But she also has to face sights that would test the resolve of the toughest frontline animal worker.
Now the public will be able to see close up the work of the specialist animal centre in a new Virgin Media TV series, Animal Emergency, which began on Sunday night.
The UCD Veterinary Hospital, which looks after 6,000 animal patients a year, offers specialist services that are not easily available to most vets.
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The Hohapata - Sealord Rescue is a state-of-the art 11.3m Naiad, significantly larger than the previous vessel the Talley’s Marine Rescue, with a dedicated triage bay, and a top speed of 40 knots. “It took a lot of doing, and a lot of soul-searching to get this under way . this thing has been built with a sense of pride and mana,” Kara said. He said the name, and the story behind it, was one that “resonates with what our mission is, and that is saving people at sea”.
President of Coastguard Nelson Pete Kara said the new vessel had been built with a “sense of pride and mana”.