AR-News: (UK) Horror as taped bird left out to die

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NEWS.scotsman.com
Tue 6 Jul 2004
LOUISE WARD  


• Bird  left at home of wildlife worker 

• Tape prevented bird from moving  

• SSPCA worker horrified at find 

A BABY bird was found dead with  its wings and feet taped to its body outside 
the home of a Lothian wildlife  worker. 

The young thrush had tape carefully wound round its body,  trapping its 
wings, and a band of tape was wound round its legs, preventing it  from moving. 

Its body was discovered by horrified SSPCA worker Louise  Park outside her 
home in South Queensferry. 

Animal welfare workers say  the fledgling - which would still have been 
learning to fly - would have been an  easy target for the attackers. 

It is believed that the bird suffocated  from the pressure of the bindings 
before being dumped. 

Ms Park said  today: "I spotted a bird lying outside beside my car. When I 
went out for a look  I found that someone had wrapped Sellotape round it and 
left it just yards from  my front door. 

"At first I thought it might still be alive because its  eyes were still 
open, but when we had a closer look we saw that it had just  recently died. 



full  story:
_http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=775262004_ 
(http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=775262004)  



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