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Injured swan saved at Perkins School for the Blind in
Watertown
By Laura PaineWicked Local WatertownPosted Dec 29, 2010 @ 02:17
PMLast update Dec 29, 2010 @ 03:22 PM
WATERTOWN A swan with a bloodied wing was rescued at the Perkins
School for theBlind on Tuesday.
According to Animal Rescue League of Boston Rescue Technician
Katja Cunio, someonefrom the school called in the injury after
discovering the hurt bird. She expects that the swanwas flying in
from the Charles River when it caught its wing on a fence before
landing on thePerkins property.
That caller was Perkins School employee Amy Dunbar who found the
swan walking on apath in front of one of the schools cottages.
Its left wing was bloody and it seemed completely out of it,
having to sit after walkingonly a few steps, Dunbar said in an
email to the Watertown TAB & Press.
When the Watertown Animal Control officer did not answer her
call, she tried the policedepartments non-emergency line where she
was given the number of the Animal RescueLeague. A worker there
told Dunbar that they might not be able to pick the bird up
immediately.[She said that] while she was creating a request to
rescue the bird, the chances of the
organization getting to our campus that same day were slim, she
said. They were stillmaking up for lost time from Christmas and the
storm.
To make the swan more comfortable in the meantime, Dunbar said
that grounds workersbrought over leaves for it to sit on and water
for it to drink before asking security to monitorits location.
On my way home from work yesterday, I received a phone call from
the Animal RescueLeague stating they were on campus, Dunbar said.
Ricardo Stengel from the storeroombrought the ARL [representative]
to the birds location where he netted the animal andbrought him
back to the clinic.
According to Cunio, responding technician Michael Brammer didnt
have an easy timecatching the bird.
[The swan] didnt fly but he ran very well and wasnt that easy to
get, she said.
The bird is being transported to the New England Wildlife Center
in Weymouth where iswill be treated. Cunio said that if the swan
can be treated, it will be released back to CharlesRiver in
Watertown.
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