BAKERSFIELD, CA -- It's happened again. Another bird is tangled in fishing line at Lake Ming. It's an adult Canadian goose. And there is concern a gosling has also swallowed a hook and line at nearby Hart Park.
Shirley Foster found the goose last week while she was feeding the birds.
"I noticed that she was limping so I took a look at her and I could see the line wrapped around her leg," said Foster.
The line is so tight the bird could barely fly, staying close to the water in case it needs to escape from predators.
"Little by little, the geese started to leave and all of a sudden they were all gone. They migrate somewhere else and then she was left. She was just left to die," said Foster.
Foster says she tried calling the Department of Fish and Wildlife. They say they are looking into it, but since it's a Canadian goose, a migratory bird, it might be in the jurisdiction of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department.
Since then, rescuers from CSUB's Facility for Animal Care and Treatment, or FACT, have stepped in to rescue the goose and a gosling foster found that had swallowed a hook. Fishing line is dangling from its beak. Although, our cameras could not find it on Monday.
"Every year there's an animal that gets tied up in fishing line," said Foster.
These latest cases come just a month after a pelican was found at Hart Park. A large hook was in its beak and wrapped in fishing line. It was rescued, but later died at CALM.
Monday, we spotted a bobber left behind floating in Lake Ming, and trash, plastic rings and bottles, dangerous for the wildlife and disturbing to responsible fishermen, like Paulette Moss.
"It's very very important to me that you are fishing safely for everything out here. Not just the birds but there's ducks, there's turtles, and I don't want to catch anything other then the fish," said Moss.
"It's a wonderful sport and I love it that they have this facility. They just need to pick up the line that they cut off," said Foster.
Volunteers at FACT were not successful in catching the birds. They will try again Tuesday morning. Meantime, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department told us it would not do anything to rescue the goose because this kind of thing happens so often.
Shirley Foster found the goose last week while she was feeding the birds.
"I noticed that she was limping so I took a look at her and I could see the line wrapped around her leg," said Foster.
The line is so tight the bird could barely fly, staying close to the water in case it needs to escape from predators.
"Little by little, the geese started to leave and all of a sudden they were all gone. They migrate somewhere else and then she was left. She was just left to die," said Foster.
Foster says she tried calling the Department of Fish and Wildlife. They say they are looking into it, but since it's a Canadian goose, a migratory bird, it might be in the jurisdiction of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department.
Since then, rescuers from CSUB's Facility for Animal Care and Treatment, or FACT, have stepped in to rescue the goose and a gosling foster found that had swallowed a hook. Fishing line is dangling from its beak. Although, our cameras could not find it on Monday.
"Every year there's an animal that gets tied up in fishing line," said Foster.
These latest cases come just a month after a pelican was found at Hart Park. A large hook was in its beak and wrapped in fishing line. It was rescued, but later died at CALM.
Monday, we spotted a bobber left behind floating in Lake Ming, and trash, plastic rings and bottles, dangerous for the wildlife and disturbing to responsible fishermen, like Paulette Moss.
"It's very very important to me that you are fishing safely for everything out here. Not just the birds but there's ducks, there's turtles, and I don't want to catch anything other then the fish," said Moss.
"It's a wonderful sport and I love it that they have this facility. They just need to pick up the line that they cut off," said Foster.
Volunteers at FACT were not successful in catching the birds. They will try again Tuesday morning. Meantime, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department told us it would not do anything to rescue the goose because this kind of thing happens so often.