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| Pelican Port Luck! |
Another
very lucky lady! She was terribly
distressed and obviously in a lot of pain.
She couldn’t come out of the water so in went Australian Seabird Rescue Team Member, Oliver, who
jumped on her, injuring himself and losing some skin off his legs and hand on
the rocks. The poor Pelican had a
massive hook in the cartilage of her toe so she could not fly, swim, or put her
foot to the ground. It was feared her
leg was broken so off to the vet – lucky again as there is only one vet open on
Sunday. X-rays cleared her of any breaks
so a week in care to allow the muscle damage to repair and intensive medication
she was back out where she belongs. A
nasty wound on her wing healed.
Avoidable trauma once again due to a thoughtless fisher person – it
really is so easy to be careful.
As a matter
of interest these hooks were joined by a new invention – braided line – it is
super strong and cannot be cut by ordinary scissors – please consider this when
purchasing your tackle.
Betty
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