(Photo: Angie Kerr)
A stroll on a Yarmouth County beach last week turned into a seagull rescue mission.
Angie Kerr of Tusket says she and her husband were near Short Beach last Thursday, and noticed a few seagulls were having trouble in the water.
She says two birds were covered in an oily substance.
“Immediately, I thought well, I have to call somebody. So I called Lands and Forest thinking they were the proper authorities. They contacted the Department of Environment from there.”
Kerr says an investigation by Lands and Forestry and the Department of Environment determined the seagulls were covered in animal waste that was delivered to a nearby rendering facility.
Kerr says seven birds were rescued and sent to Hope for Wildlife, but 15 others died.
The birds are expected to remain with Hope for Wildlife for about a month until they can be released back into the wild.
She says it was heartbreaking to see the condition the seagulls were in, but she is happy that some of them could be saved.
