MOSSEL BAY NEWS - A seagull with a fishhook caught in its mouth and fishing line wrapped around its body was euthanised after X-rays showed another fishhook had pierced its intestines.
The seagull was initially spotted, with the fishhook in its mouth, by Mossel Bay resident Michael de Nobrega at Santos Beach on 14 October.
He immediately contacted the Seabird and Penguin Rehabilitation Centre (SAPREC) so it could attempt to rescue and treat the bird. De Nobrega said when he first saw the seagull, it was being attacked by birds as they thought the hook was food hanging out of its mouth.
"The seagull actually went to hide in some bushes to get away from the other seagulls. It was terrible," he said.
After he contacted SAPREC, the centre's founder, Carol Walton and De Nobrega spent the next three days trying to catch the bird so that it could be taken for treatment.
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