Judi Dench Gets To Meet Seal Pup Who Shares Her Name

Judi Dench has acquired the seal of approval from a British wildlife charity.

The acclaimed British actor met a grey seal pup named after her when she visited the Cornish Seal Sanctuary in Gweek, England, final month, the group shared in a press launch this week.

Dench, 88, was within the area with household on Sept. 22 and determined to cease by the sanctuary. The ability took in an injured and dehydrated feminine pup the identical day.

“It was like destiny,” sanctuary fundraising supervisor Leanne Atwood mentioned within the launch. “It simply so occurred that, as Dam Judi and her household explored the Sanctuary, this pup was admitted to our Seal Hospital.”

Because the sanctuary’s theme for naming seals this season is “actors and actresses,” there was just one moniker alternative for the feminine pup.

“We knew we simply needed to identify her after Judi Dench, who was already on our record of identify concepts,” Atwood mentioned.

The actor was “so excited to have the ability to meet pup Judi,” who’s estimated to be about 3 weeks outdated.

A photograph exhibits a scarf-clad Dench posing in entrance of a whiteboard that signifies one other seal on the sanctuary is called Owen Wilson.

As for Judi, the seal, the sanctuary hopes to have the ability to launch her again to the wild after she’s recovered.

Grey seals reside in coastal areas alongside the North Atlantic Ocean, together with Nice Britain and Northern Europe, in addition to jap Canada and the northeastern United States. Wildlife consultants on each side of the ocean urge folks to present seal pups house, noting that individuals usually mistake the younger critters for orphans when the mom is definitely close by. If a pup is clearly sick or injured, the overall advice is to contact native wildlife authorities to assist.