Wildlife Rescue Reports Animals Are Being Shot by Pellet Guns
Source: Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
The Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network has seen a disturbing trend of animals that have been shot by pellet guns throughout Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. The impact of these pellets often proves deadly. Here are some recent cases with accompanying x-rays taken at the Wildlife Care Center:
Patient: great blue heron patient #4024
Date Admitted: 10/2/2020
Injury: Broken left wrist and radial fracture caused by pellet impact
Location Found: Victoria Ave in Oxnard
Patient: band-tailed pigeon patient #4105
Date Admitted: 10/1/2020
Injury: Broken left femur and carpometacarpal fracture caused by pellet impact
Location found: Mountain Dr in Santa Barbara
Patient: American crow patient #4021
Date Admitted: 10/2/2020
Injury: Injured leg caused by pellet impact
Location found: Port Hueneme
These are not all of the pellet cases the Wildlife Care Network has seen –– only a sample of the most recent cases. These cases are from all over Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Dr. Avery Berkowitz, wildlife veterinarian and Director of Animal Care at the SB Wildlife Care Network, says, " Unfortunately, with gunshot cases, the speed and force of the bullet can cause extensive damage to the soft tissues as well as breaking bones. As we need the soft tissues around fractures to be viable in order to support fracture healing, this can create substantial challenges in many gunshot cases."
The Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network requests the community keep their eyes and ears open for individuals committing acts of cruelty towards wildlife. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act prohibits the take (including killing, capturing, selling, trading, and transport) of protected migratory bird species without prior authorization by the Department of Interior U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Cooper’s hawks, western screech owls, and hundreds of other bird species are protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
If you witness cruelty to wildlife, please call County Animal Control at 805-681-5285 or City Animal Control at 805-963-1513. The police may also be notified.
To help the victims, consider donating to the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network: https://www.sbwcn.org/donate.
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Oct 10, 2020 01:37 PM:( awful. And these are only the ones that are "lucky" enough to be caught and turned over for vet care. Can you imagine how many more are out there suffering? People suck..
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Oct 10, 2020 02:20 PMYes, these agencies have been contacted regarding the person in the TWO mini school buses parked at the Rainbow arch for months now, & his collection of bird & lobster carcasses for sale as "art"...
ZERO has been done about it.
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Oct 10, 2020 02:25 PMYep they do it's too bad it's illegal to shoot them with a bb gun.
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Oct 11, 2020 10:09 AMAdvocating violence as part of retribution or revenge does nothing but perpetuate the cycle of violence, Roger. I suggest you read the work of advocates of non-violence, such as Mahatma Gandhi, for better advice on how to handle violent situations.
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Oct 11, 2020 04:37 PMI do not believe in non violence..
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Oct 11, 2020 08:05 PMSometimes when you meet violence with violence it ends it. I used to get beat up all the time I would not fight back I got beat more, The day I started fighting back was the day my beatings ended...You can suggest your way of life to someone else I do what works for me and what has worked in the past.
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Oct 12, 2020 08:59 AMRoger, you use the strategy you need at the time. I have also stopped violence with violence and anger with anger. The problem is that it is hard to move beyond that strategy if you want to.
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Oct 12, 2020 10:31 AMIt usually stops with a stare I have been hit in the face and haven't hit back the thing is I killed a child molester in self defense when I was 14 years old I grew up where there is alot of violence was beaten for years without fighting back in fact I cried alot of f in good that did...I started hitting back in my late teens and liked paying back damage with damage. Don't violate me and more than likely I won't return the violence. This is why you will never see me protest. NOSTRACHUMASH is exactly right. These guys who preach non violence while putting others down to make themselves look better-Fail in my book they are judgementle then they get resentful and D.V. That just blows their phony cover.
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Oct 11, 2020 01:53 PMI wonder if the WC Network "maps" where these injured creatures were found and determine if there is a pattern where these awful events are occurring in order to track down the shooters.
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Oct 11, 2020 09:25 PMThe non violenters are down voting me ouch Quick call a social worker hahaha...
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Oct 12, 2020 07:47 AMDonate to the Wildlife Care Network they need all the help they can get. Us humans may turn out to be an evolutionary dead end. Too many, too fast. Nature bats last.
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Oct 12, 2020 09:00 AMPlanet bats last but by then all of the animals will be gone.
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Oct 12, 2020 08:41 AMRoger feels the way he does due to "life experience"..
As well he should..the entire..ENTIRE..
legacy of America's foundation is based in violence.
What has this country done to those who speak against such behaviour?..rip.