Careless
thoughtless fishing has caused this horrific injury to this young breeding
female. The net was tangled around this girl's leg! Whether it was floating
(unlikely with 2 sinkers attached) or she has been caught in it and the
fisherman has dragged her ripping the skin off the muscle and then cutting the
rope as it has been cut not frayed. A professional wouldn't do that. Her foot
was so tightly wrapped it had cut off her circulation, her leg was stripped of
skin and feathers and heartbreakingly she had to be euthanized.
How could
this happen? Both Australian Seabird Rescue team member and vet were in tears as they cut off the net to see
if she could be saved. She just sat quietly hoping we could help her. An
absolute tragedy which could have been avoided!
Betty
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| Horrific injury to a pelican caused by a fishing net. |
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| Net caught around pelicans leg |
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