This afternoon a Moorhen was brought into us after being found in the Stirchley area unable to walk. On closer examination, the Moorhen was found to have fishing line wrapped around both legs. Once we removed the fishing line it became apparent that one of her legs had poor blood circulation due to the tension of the fishing line.

We decided to give her a chance by allowing her to rest in our warm kennels and administering physio to her leg to try and improve circulation- only time will tell. We will keep you updated with her progress.

            The Fishing line has caused a deep                 As you can see the right leg

            wound when restricting the blood flow                is much more swollen

The dreaded fishing line