Updates On 4th Apr 2014

CLEVER WOMAN USES CAT CARRIER TO SAVE SEAGULL WITH FISH HOOK INJURIES

Written by Yvonne Amery of Auckland, New Zealand

“On the way to the city one morning, I noticed a gull sitting at the edge of the road. I thought it was strange that he did not fly away with the noise of the car.

Coming home an hour later, the bird was still sitting in the same place. I realised something was wrong with him. This bird has a very strong beak but I only worried about that for a moment! I was terrified a car would run him over. I ran inside the house and grabbed a thick rug and the cat cage and approached the bird which tried to back away. I noticed he was slower than I would have expected and therefore something was dreadfully wrong with him. Just then a neighbour came out of her house and I asked her to help. I had already asked two men to help but they did not want to. I fully expected this woman would not help either but she got behind the bird and together we shepherded him against a fence. I took my chance and leapt upon him with the rug and, thankfully, he was caught. Getting him into the cage though meant I had quite bad bites on my hand and arm but once he was safely inside, I felt so relieved.

I took him to the emergency vet where she x-rayed him and found he had two large fish hooks embedded between his wings. Because this was a wild creature, there was no fee to pay for the operation to remove them. Often, now when the gulls are flying over our house which is at the sea, I wonder if one of them is the dear one that I was able to save from pain and certain death. There was no time to spare so I did not get any photos of this beautiful creature.”

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