Trumpeter swan in fishing lines rescued by Toronto Wildlife Centre Via JaneCStevenson
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“I knew that it was stranded. So I started my hikes over to feed it every day looking to see if I could see if there were any injuries. If there was any fishing line on him. And then I noticed he could swim but when he got on the ice he was dragging about six feet of fishing line.” “Typically, they come right away but apparently everyone was sick with COVID,” said Tovey, adding Steve Paul from animal shelter Shades of Hope, in Pefferlaw, Ont., also attempted an unsuccessful rescue beforehand.Article content
“I’d actually been there several months ago with Carrie for a different swan situation so I was quite familiar with the area,” said Wight.“So I went down slowly and I threw one handful of corn and our trumpeter swan bee-lined it to me. I swung my net. I kind of caught half the body, and I was still on shore. And I pulled the bird back to me, and I covered with my body until it calmed down.
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