http://amipost.com/wild-life/wildlife-rescue-on-anna-maria/ Anna Maria Island Florida beach and island shore living, vacation and rentals. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:36:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://amipost.com/wild-life/wildlife-rescue-on-anna-maria/comment-page-1/#comment-2164 Oil Spill Meeting at Anna Maria Island Community Center Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:12:19 +0000 http://amipost.com/?p=460#comment-2164 [...] A citizen’s alert on Wildlife Rescue [...] [...] A citizen’s alert on Wildlife Rescue [...]

]]> http://amipost.com/wild-life/wildlife-rescue-on-anna-maria/comment-page-1/#comment-1441 v Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:42:48 +0000 http://amipost.com/?p=460#comment-1441 I contacted the Wildlife Inc. folks yesterday after eating lunch at a local beach side restaurant and observing a sea bird get entangled in the clear fishing line the restaurant had strung up on the outdoor patio to deter birds. The bird broke its wing trying to escape the fishing line and was walking the beach dragging its wing wrapped in fishing line. It is very difficult to observe such a horrifying needless cruelty, and while I know the restaurant didn't put up the clear fishing line to purposely maim birds, it is harming them none the less. I got the manager of the restaurant out on the beach to see the damaged bird and he said he'd do something (call somebody), but I called the Wildlife people when I got back to my office and while they could not immediately get the bird, the person I spoke with said he'd go down as soon as he could. I understand businesses have to make money, but they don't get to harm the wildlife that makes the venue such an attractive location in the first place. Thank God there is an organization that is willing to help. I wouldn't know how to care for an injured bird but I can't step back and just let it slowly starve or get killed by some other animal because it can't fly. It was heartbreaking to see that bird trapped in that fishing line. I think the restaurant needs to find some other way of deterring birds. I contacted the Wildlife Inc. folks yesterday after eating lunch at a local beach side restaurant and observing a sea bird get entangled in the clear fishing line the restaurant had strung up on the outdoor patio to deter birds. The bird broke its wing trying to escape the fishing line and was walking the beach dragging its wing wrapped in fishing line. It is very difficult to observe such a horrifying needless cruelty, and while I know the restaurant didn’t put up the clear fishing line to purposely maim birds, it is harming them none the less. I got the manager of the restaurant out on the beach to see the damaged bird and he said he’d do something (call somebody), but I called the Wildlife people when I got back to my office and while they could not immediately get the bird, the person I spoke with said he’d go down as soon as he could. I understand businesses have to make money, but they don’t get to harm the wildlife that makes the venue such an attractive location in the first place. Thank God there is an organization that is willing to help. I wouldn’t know how to care for an injured bird but I can’t step back and just let it slowly starve or get killed by some other animal because it can’t fly. It was heartbreaking to see that bird trapped in that fishing line. I think the restaurant needs to find some other way of deterring birds.

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