MIAMI (WSVN) – After several birds were targeted and shot, X-rays revealed that BB gun bullets were inside the birds. Now, they are being treated at a rescue and rehabilitation center.
The three birds were rescued during the week and were rushed to the Pelican Seabird Station in Miami.
“A pelican with three pellets in the body, a hawk that has a fractured leg with pellets on either side, and we also had a turkey vulture come in with a pellet lodged in this sort of thoracic girdle, which is the neck area,” veterinarian Dr. Renata Schneider said…