This was one lucky lady. This hideous hard plastic lure with a hook was embedded in the pelicans face 1mm away from her eye. First spotted she was bleeding but gave Australian Seabird Rescue team members the slip and hid somewhere for a couple of days. Unable to rest until she was caught - we did - and with no infection she was treated and released on site.
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| Hook and lure embedded near a pelican's eye. Fortunately it was able to be successfully removed. |
Then....
A couple
of days later a big male turned up with this float tangled in his foot with a
4oz sinker attached. He had no hope of flying and could only lift off the water
and crash back down. He too was caught and released on site. Two good results -
but both incidents due to careless fishing.
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| Hook and sinker tangled around a pelcians foot. Australian Seabird Rescue was able to catch the bird, remove this mess and sucessfully release the pelican. |
Betty
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