Seagull in distress
December 7, 2009 · Filed Under Nature
Driving back on the school run this morning, saw something big and white in the middle of Lochloy Road that the rest of the traffic was driving around.
Turned out to be a badly injured seagull, so I stopped and having no idea what to do with it, other than it seemed more cruel to leave it where it was, brought it home and contacted the SSPCA.
When they came to collect it I was told that it was too injured and would simply be put to sleep.
As you can see, it was in a pretty bad way, but a sad start to a Monday morning nevertheless.
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Unfortunately Brian any birds with broken wings are condemned to die, but you did the decent thing by at least getting it put to sleep humanely.
There used to be a man in Inverness who specialised in fixing birds wings with the clever use of biro pen inserts and superglue etc.
After 16 years he no longer does it since most of them never regained the ability to fly, and his wife got fed up with many seagulls living in his garden ! I spoke to him a few years ago, and he said that bones can only be successfully repaired if caught within 24 hours of the break.