Some surprising animal rescues in Scotland last year!
Scottish SPCA looks back at some unusual rescues of 2020 - Scottish SPCA
The Scottish SPCA has shared some of the unusual rescues of 2020 involving a swan on a roof, a pine marten stuck in a bird feeder and a stranded seal!
We continued to rescue and care for animals throughout the year over the pandemic.
In November, animal rescue officer, Stuart Louch, was called out to the rare rescue of a pine marten. The pine marten had its foot trapped in a bird feeder in a garden in Doune in Perthshire where it regularly came to feed. Pine martens can be quite difficult to handle so it was an effort to safely remove him from the feeder.
Stuart said: “I have a fascination with pine martens so this rescue was really exciting for me. The pine marten had potentially been stuck since the previous night so was desperate to get free from the bird feeder. He was very wriggly so it was quite a tricky task to remove him safely. Once I’d freed him he latched himself on to my glove so we had a small wrestle! I was then able to release him nearby to the delight of the caller who enjoys watching the pine marten in their garden.”
The expert team at our National Wildlife Rescue Centre was kept busy over lockdown with 6,711 admissions from March to the end of 2020. One admission was a seal who found herself in a tight spot in Eyemouth in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders.
The seal had hauled out of the water in Killiedraught Bay which is surrounded by cliffs and is difficult to access. Inspector Jenny Scott had to leave her van at the top of the cliffs and make her way down to the injured seal pup.
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Posted On: 07/01/2021