A local expert warns a serious infection can result if a gull breaks a person's skin with its claws.
THUNDER BAY — A casual stroll with his dog ended with an unexpected assault from the air and a trip to the emergency department for a Thunder Bay man.
"There's a paved drive that goes to the back of the school. As we were going down the paved area, I got swarmed by a seagull, or I guess, dive-bombed by a seagull. I didn't think much of it. Then I hear squawking overhead, and it was coming right at me again.""I was looking back to see how close it was to me. It was probably four feet above my head. The next thing I knew, I hit the pavement.
"When I went to the hospital the security guard who was there when I checked in mentioned that this happens all the time on Arthur Street. It's very food-centred, lots of restaurants and whatnot." A local expert on nuisance animals said the real danger posed by gulls comes from the small claws on their webbed feet.
Gulls are protected under federal law, but Amonson's services include various ways of deterring adult birds from nesting in specific areas."I actually did have one hit me in the back, and the claws did manage to break the skin. I was bleeding quite a bit, but thankfully I was able to clean it out right away. But it could have been a lot worse."
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