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Rescues & Activities
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 Deceased GullSadly caught in discarded fishing wire. Circulation cut off, leg died slowly. The bird would have died slowly and painfully either by infection from the dying leg or by starvation. She was found with her head half under water still bleeding. Horrific way to die just because the fishing ban was lifted. |  Shoebury Park - Gull Killed by AnglingThis bird was also found entangled in discarded fishing wire caught around the tree and in the nest on one of the lake islands. He died slowly as a few walkers say they saw him but didn't report it. He also had a broken wing which looks like it was a result of trying to escape. Rescuers who found this one were a military veteran who retrieved the bird from the island and also a local veterinary nurse who examined the bird. |  Dead BirdsMore dead birds found entangled in discarded fishing wire. An estimated 300 metres of discarded fishing wire, numerous barbed hooks, floats, weights, lures, nets and bread bags were found in 24 hours in the very small lake because of anglers. Fishing isn't just harmful to fish but fatal to wildlife. |
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 Broken WingThis bird broke their wing trying to frantically escape discarded fishing wire wrapped around their main nesting place on one of the islands on the small lake. Fishing wired has been found all over the lake in branches, on islands, nests (from birds trying to use it as material with twigs, reeds and in water |  I'm an image title.Describe your image here. |  I'm an image title.Describe your image here. |
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