A wildlife rehabilitation group based out of Delta, British Columbia, recently rescued a bald eagle that had landed in a wastewater treatment plant settling pond.
The bird couldn’t get airborne again because its wings became coated in the floating sludge. Due to the fact that nets couldn’t reach, a boat couldn’t be used due to safety concerns, and the pond is in restricted airspace, the rescue operation was more complicated than the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society is used to dealing with.
“OWL staff and volunteers brainstormed and came up with attempting the rescue with a volunteers 32 foot volleyball net
News Briefs: Watch a Bald Eagle Get Rescued from a Settling Pond
In this week's water and wastewater news, treatment plant operators assist a wildlife rehabilitation group in British Columbia in the rescue of a bald eagle that had landed in a the facility's settling pond
Dec 04, 2019 |
