Six pack ring around a birds neck

[hammercarp]

Six pack ring around an animals neck . I have seen pictures and posters and videos but today I witnessed it first hand. I know it's just one of those stinking cormorants but that is a gruesome and slow way to die. I would have no problem shooting these things or even knocking them on the head with a stick but this is something different. Sorry for the crappy cell phone picture.

 

[LURE]

Six pack ring around an animals neck . I have seen pictures and posters and videos but today I witnessed it first hand. I know it's just one of those stinking cormorants but that is a gruesome and slow way to die. I would have no problem shooting these things or even knocking them on the head with a stick but this is something different. Sorry for the crappy cell phone picture.

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Is it legal to cast and catch that bird? It looks like that bird had the biggest piercing in life It ever had, no arteries were cut otherwise you won't see it swimming around like that. That bird will die slowly, foods will not pass thru.

 

[instapump416]

I hate that feeling when you see something wrong but you cant help :cry:

I had one situation when I was fishing alone at a pond and a duck got tangled on some fishing line by a tree stump.
The duck was about 30 yards away and I wanted to go swim out there to cut it loose but i wasnt a good swimmer.
I reported it to a mnr # but they couldnt do anything about it. After 30mins of seeing the duck struggling to free itself, I grabbed a safety donut from shore and was heading to the water. My heart was pumping and I was ready to go in. Luckily, the duck managed to untangle itself, Thank God.

 

[BASSMASTER19]

I hate that feeling when you see something wrong but you cant help :cry:

I had one situation when I was fishing alone at a pond and a duck got tangled on some fishing line by a tree stump.
The duck was about 30 yards away and I wanted to go swim out there to cut it loose but i wasnt a good swimmer.
I reported it to a mnr # but they couldnt do anything about it. After 30mins of seeing the duck struggling to free itself, I grabbed a safety donut from shore and was heading to the water. My heart was pumping and I was ready to go in. Luckily, the duck managed to untangle itself, Thank God.

i hear ya, i almost went for a swim once when i saw a baby duck stuck in a plastic bag

 

[FishingNoob]

This is quite sad to hear. The only thing I saw like this was at kids fishing day at Toronto Islands, where a duck ate a kid's worm, hook and all...

 

[BASSMASTER19]

This is quite sad to hear. The only thing I saw like this was at kids fishing day at Toronto Islands, where a duck ate a kid's worm, hook and all...

would the kid have no common sense to move the line when he sees a bird coming for it

 

[FishingNoob]

would the kid have no common sense to move the line when he sees a bird coming for it

Don't ask me, I was there but was volunteering with the another group...

 

[Alfiegee]

All I can add is that I usually carry a garbage bag in my back-pack. I, unfortunately usually carry out more than I brought in.
If I had a nickle for every foot of fishing line and every six-pack ring I have picked up on riverbanks and stream sides over the years you guys wouldn't be calling me Alfie. You'd be calling me Donald Trump or Apple Corp.

Still Alfie

 

[Nat]

That's the reason I always rip up those plastic rings before throwing them out. Working for animal control, every year we pick up birds that are tangled up in fishing line, lures, and garbage. The worst is when it's fishing line in a tree or power line and a birds gets caught in it and injures itself trying to get free. With birds like cormorants and herons you have to be careful because they can take your eye out. Those beaks are for piercing fish...they can make quick work of an eyeball. One time we had to wade out and untangle a Great Blue Heron that got it's head stuck through some chain link fencing in the water. That wasn't fun. Not a happy bird at all, lol.
MNR usually doesn't get involved in animal control/rescue. Depending on your municipality you would either call your local animal control, OSPCA branch or wildlife rehab. Unfortunately if the bird is still mobile enough that it can swim then there's not much anyone can do.

 

[BowSlayer]

its a cormorant, due to them we are catching less fish, those are the guys that eat all the fish, people want to get rid of them, lol

 

[BASSMASTER19]

its a cormorant, due to them we are catching less fish, those are the guys that eat all the fish, people want to get rid of them, lol
there still other species were affecting quite badly

 

[NADO]

sad to see for sure. Those buggers are still protected by the damn migratory species act! They sure do a ton of damage to the fishery but the current carp infestation combined with the pending asian carp infestation makes these guys look like conservationists lol.

 

[iJay]

Crappy, all in the name of beer mother nature pays.

 

[LURE]

That's the reason I always rip up those plastic rings before throwing them out. Working for animal control, every year we pick up birds that are tangled up in fishing line, lures, and garbage. The worst is when it's fishing line in a tree or power line and a birds gets caught in it and injures itself trying to get free. With birds like cormorants and herons you have to be careful because they can take your eye out. Those beaks are for piercing fish...they can make quick work of an eyeball. One time we had to wade out and untangle a Great Blue Heron that got it's head stuck through some chain link fencing in the water. That wasn't fun. Not a happy bird at all, lol.
MNR usually doesn't get involved in animal control/rescue. Depending on your municipality you would either call your local animal control, OSPCA branch or wildlife rehab. Unfortunately if the bird is still mobile enough that it can swim then there's not much anyone can do.

I rescued birds many times .... from work can't get out of the building 8X, from parks 2 times, seagull flying around tangled by accident while casting ( I managed to reel It in and set free). Is there a number that you can post here for all members to be aware of, just in case they see any wild life needs to be rescued.

 

[Nat]

It really depends on the municipality in which you are in. Whoever does animal control for your municipality would be the first point of contact. There is an OSPCA wildlife rehab in Midland. In the Toronto area there is the Toronto Wildlife Centre. They have a volunteer rescue team. Their number is 416-631-0662.