Arkansas
PORT ARANSAS - The Animal Rehabilitation Keep rescues hundreds of birds every year and today was no different when they were called to Flour Bluff to track down a Sandhill Crane with an injured leg.
A resident called after seeing the crane near Caribbean Drive and within the hour Tony Amos was on the scene. It didn't take Tony long to track the crippled crane down and catch him in a net.
Once captured the injured bird was taken to Dr. Tim Tristan at the Oso Veterinary Hospital.
Dr. Tristan and his staff gave the bird some antibiotics to treat an open wound that almost severed a foot. They think the crane became entangled in some fishing line.
Unfortunately, the foot could not be saved. In order to walk through wetlands to find food it would need both feet, so Dr. Tristan and Tony Amos contacted everyone they knew that may be able to take care of a one footed crane in captivity.
No home was found so the bird had to be euthanized.
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