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News We Love: Florida firefighters rescue entangled bird from tree

News We Love: Florida firefighters rescue entangled bird from tree
HEAR BACK. FIREFIGHTERS IN NEW SMYRNA BEACH RESCUED A BIRD STUCK IN A TREE. CHECK OUT THESE IMAGES FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. OFFICIALS SAY THE HERON WAS FOUND IN DISTRESS HANGING UPSIDE DOWN WITH ITS FOOT CAUGHT IN SOME FISHING LINE. THEY WERE ABLE TO FREE THE BIRD. FWC H
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Updated: 5:55 PM CST Feb 8, 2025
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News We Love: Florida firefighters rescue entangled bird from tree
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Updated: 5:55 PM CST Feb 8, 2025
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In a heroic rescue effort, the New Smyrna Beach Fire Department in Florida successfully freed a bird entangled in a fishing line high in a tree on Feb. 1.Firefighters said they received a report of a distressed heron. Upon arriving, they found the bird with a fishing line around its leg. Crews used their tower truck to disentangle the bird and realized its leg was injured.The firefighters said they called the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to take care of the bird.

In a heroic rescue effort, the New Smyrna Beach Fire Department in Florida successfully freed a bird entangled in a fishing line high in a tree on Feb. 1.

Firefighters said they received a report of a distressed heron. Upon arriving, they found the bird with a fishing line around its leg.

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Crews used their tower truck to disentangle the bird and realized its leg was injured.

The firefighters said they called the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to take care of the bird.