A 3rd duck whose beak was eliminated was discovered at Mile Sq. Regional Park in Fountain Valley, and animal advocates stated they’re involved the animals are being focused and harmed by somebody.
“Our suspicion is with so many injured in the identical means, that it appears intentional,” stated Debbie McGuire, government director on the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Heart in Huntington Seashore.
Two different geese had been discovered and cared for by the middle since July. Each geese have been discovered ravenous, unable to eat due to their accidents and needed to be euthanized.
Investigators with the California Division of Fish and Wildlife stated they needed to take into account all prospects of their inquiry — together with the chance that the accidents have been brought on by a pure predator — however on Tuesday stated the variety of birds, and the similarity within the accidents, raised the chance the animals have been disfigured by an individual.
“The opportunity of it being an precise animal cruelty case may be very actual, however we do must do our due diligence,” stated Capt. Patrick Foy, a Fish and Wildlife spokesperson.
The third duck, McGuire stated, seems to have been discovered on June 14 on the identical park however had gone unreported till this week.
“This third duck is most definitely the primary sufferer of those atrocities,” McGuire stated.
The duck was discovered by a volunteer strolling the park after work. She took the duck residence as a result of the middle had been closed. The animal additionally seemed to be ravenous and died in a single day.
On Friday, a Fish and Wildlife official stated the payments didn't seem to have been eliminated with a “clear” straight minimize, and so they have been due to this fact contemplating the chance they have been injured within the wild.
Foy stated investigators have taken possession of the carcass of one of many birds from the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Heart. The hen shall be inspected by an avian pathologist to find out the origin of the damage.
Nevertheless, McGuire stated the variety of incidents and similarity within the accidents are elevating issues not solely that the geese have been deliberately harmed, however that extra might have been injured.
Officers are asking anybody with info to name CalTip at (888) 334-2258, or OC Animal Care at (714) 935-6848.
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