Animal rescue (From The Argus)
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Animal rescue
4:59pm Wednesday 12th January 2011 in Your Argus
Well done to our brilliant firefighters for turning out to rescue trapped animals (The Argus, January 7). I have called them out twice while acting as a volunteer for National Seagull Rescue – once for a young gull caught in poorly-erected roof netting and another time for an adult gull trapped in a tall tree by fishing line, strung round its body and with a heavy lead weight hanging from it.
On both occasions the fire service was prompt and really caring. Crowds gathered and clapped and cheered as they got the gull from the tree. The cost of £350,000 is money well spent and insignificant compared with many other costs. Or would we rather stand by and watch animals die in distress? I would hope we were a bit more civilised than that.
Sue Baumgardt
Stoneham Road, Hove
Comments(2)
Mabel
says...
2:11pm Mon 17 Jan 11
Perhaps the people feeding them should be made to foot the bills as they are the very people encouraging them inland. I object very strongly to my council tax being spent in this way,
especially in the current financial situation . Good grief, we'll be calling out the lifeboats next when they get into trouble at sea !
Sea gulls are WILD birds and don't need human intervention . The best thing we can do is NOT FEED THEM inland . They never used to be a problem.
Mabel says...
2:11pm Mon 17 Jan 11
Perhaps the people feeding them should be made to foot the bills as they are the very people encouraging them inland. I object very strongly to my council tax being spent in this way,
especially in the current financial situation . Good grief, we'll be calling out the lifeboats next when they get into trouble at sea !
Sea gulls are WILD birds and don't need human intervention . The best thing we can do is NOT FEED THEM inland . They never used to be a problem.