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Article: Fishing-line injuries: A problem wildlife rescuers trying to reel in.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune
- Article date:
- July 11, 2007
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Byline: Mary Lou Simms
A distraught young Canada goose, a fishing hook protruding from her mouth, was rescued by a city police officer and a parks employee on June 22 in Helena, Ala., after passers-by on an early-morning stroll noticed her plight.
"The hook was obviously uncomfortable," recalls officer Jan McDuff, who arrived after the good samaritans notified the police department half a block away. "Then somehow it shifted to her neck as she struggled." Fishing line was also wrapped around her beak.
Park employee Debra Jo Carter was driving around the park when she noticed the commotion and stopped. An avian lover herself, she flew into ...