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Pink the brown pelican flies free!

June 5, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 2 Comments

Hooray, Pink the formerly mutilated brown pelican was released on Tuesday, June 3rd, and flew back to his pelican compatriots in the wild! Before being released, he was banded with a blue band printed with V70 on it, this is to help identify him in the wild as part of International Bird Rescue’s Blue-Banded Pelican… [read more]

Filed Under: Birds Tagged With: brown pelican, California brown pelican, International Bird Rescue, mutilated pelican, pelican

Update on Pink the mutilated brown pelican

May 31, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 2 Comments

Great news, Pink the brown pelican has fully recovered from a severe mutilated pouch wound! After two operations that lasted a total of six hours and involved hundreds of stitches, it’s almost impossible to see the scar and Pink looks good as new (see photo). “Over the course of treatment, I’ve seen Pink transform from… [read more]

Filed Under: Birds Tagged With: bird, brown pelican, California brown pelican, International Bird Rescue, mutilated pelican, pelican

$10,000 reward for information on mutilated pelican

April 29, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

Great news, the mutilated California brown pelican made it through the first surgery on Sunday and is doing well! Double great news, the reward for information on the attacker(s) is now up to $10,000. In other news, the pelican has been officially nicknamed “Pink” for the colored leg band the bird was assigned upon arriving… [read more]

Filed Under: Birds Tagged With: brown pelican, California brown pelican, International Bird Rescue, mutilated pelican, pelican

$7,500 reward for information on mutilated CA brown pelican

April 24, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

Yesterday, International Bird Rescue (IBR) held a press conference and provided more detailed information regarding the status of the mutilated California brown pelican. Here’s the latest: Thanks to the generous support of the Animal Legal Defense Fund and individual donors, the reward has increased to $7,500 for information leading to the arrest of those responsible.… [read more]

Filed Under: Birds Tagged With: bird, California brown pelican, International Bird Rescue, mutilated pelican

Dedicate this Earth Day to the birds!

April 22, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

It’s Earth Day and I was prepared to do a celebratory post hailing all the wonderful gifts our planet Earth bestows upon us everyday. That is until I saw this eye-popping, jaw-dropping photo on Facebook accompanied by a plea from International Bird Rescue offering a $2,500 reward for information on who slashed this poor California… [read more]

Filed Under: Birds Tagged With: California brown pelican, International Bird Rescue, mutilated pelican

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