A penguin has been found with its leg dangling and toe torn, after allegedly being abused by a group of youths in Tasmania — and bird advocates want those responsible punished 'to the fullest extent of the law'.
A penguin has been found with its leg dangling and toe torn, after allegedly being abused by a group of youths — and local bird enthusiasts want those responsible to feel the full force of the law.A penguin faces a year of rehabilitation after it was injured after allegedly being abused by humans on Sunday
BirdLife Tasmania's Eric Woehler said he hopes those responsible are punished "to the fullest extent of the law"president Kathy Grieveson said she went to the Burnie foreshore — in Tasmania's north-west — on Sunday night to find the penguin crouched between rocks."I picked him up and noticed that he had one leg dangling, and that the toe was completely macerated and torn.
But he said the toe was "damaged beyond repair" and they had to remove some of the webbing from the foot and remove part of his middle toe and resect the skin over it."You just worry [about] what provoked people to do this in the first place to such an innocent creature. It definitely did not deserve it."
Ms Grieveson said the vet had to remove Tib's feathers to perform the surgery, and he was no longer waterproof — it would likely take a year before his feathers grew back.
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