A gull which was rescued after turning into entangled on a building in Scarborough has triggered a renewed warning from the RSPCA concerning the hazards to wildlife of broken or badly-fitting hen deterrent netting.
The hen was noticed excessive up on a building within the High Street, and the RSPCA was contacted for assistance on Friday 23 March.
RSPCA Animal Rescue Officer Shane Lynn headed to the scene to assist the hen, earlier than enlisting the assist of native firefighters to help.
She mentioned:
“This poor hen was fully entangled in hen deterrent netting 4 storeys up over the guttering, and he was by no means going to make it out on his personal.
“As he was so excessive up, I contacted North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service for his or her skilled assist. To guarantee the general public’s security, they closed the street, then used their gear to ascend to inside attain of the gull.
“They had been capable of gently disentangle the gull from the netting and put him into the bag I’d given them, earlier than descending to floor degree. I introduced the gull into my van to provide him a fast check-over after which took him to Jacqui Paterson vets in Stockton. Although he was a bit dehydrated, dazed and torpid, fortunately he didn’t have any main accidents.
“Our thanks go to the expert team from North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service, in what was a great example of what we can achieve together for animal welfare.”
After therapy Shane transferred the gull to ‘Pawz for Thought’, an animal centre in Sunderland. Once the hen is robust sufficient, he will probably be launched again into the wild.
Shane added:
“We all need to see wildlife secure in our communities – however sadly, our officers do see lots of birds trapped in or behind netting – and a serious trigger is bird-deterrent netting.
“Problems arise when netting is put up incorrectly or becomes damaged, leaving gaps where birds can enter and become trapped. These birds can suffer a long and painful death from injury or starvation if they are unable to escape. There’s more advice on safely deterring birds on our website, which everyone can share to help create a kinder world for every animal.”
The proprietor of the Scarborough building was contacted and following recommendation from the RSPCA has now undertaken to switch or take away the netting.
To report stay birds trapped in netting, members of the general public can name the RSPCA’s cruelty and recommendation helpline on 0300 1234 999.
Where folks have seen lifeless birds in netting, or the place they’re conscious of an everyday difficulty of birds turning into trapped in netting, the RSPCA urges them to ahead the handle, property proprietor (if identified) and date of the incident to [email protected].
The charity will then write to the proprietor with recommendation and steering about resolving the problem.
