Hawk Tangled in Fishing Line Saved by Firefighters
The Tuscon Fire Department helped rescue a Cooper’s Hawk that was caught in a fishing line. The department posted about the save on X, formerly Twitter, with a short video and image of the bird. According to the post…
The Tuscon Fire Department helped rescue a Cooper’s Hawk that was caught in a fishing line.
The department posted about the save on X, formerly Twitter, with a short video and image of the bird.
According to the post, the incident occurred at Christopher Columbus Park and Ladder 4 responded to the call.
“Crews were able to get the bird to ground level and free the hawk,” the post noted.
The department concluded, “Humans, pets, animals, we take care of them all.”
Efforts to rescue animals from trash entanglement are known around the world. Last Year, WION News reported on the “Birds and Debris” internet initiative which collected photos of Birds being negatively impacted by trash around the globe.
Through this effort to raise awareness, the project has repeatedly recorded and displayed incidents of Birds being found caught in fishing lines, ropes, balloons, and other materials.
Dr. Alex Bond, a researcher with the Natural History Museum in London and one of the study’s authors, stated, “Basically, if a bird constructs a nest utilising long fibrous materials—like seaweed, branches, or reeds—the odds are it will have human garbage in its nest someplace.”