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NYS DEC: ECO and Citizen Help Rescue Loon Tangled in
Fishing Line and a Lure on Lake Bonaparte
Published: July 20, 2022 at
07:00 p.m.
By: NYS DEC
From the weekly Environmental
Conservation Police on Patrol press release from NYS DEC:
 Too Tangled to Swim - Lewis County
On
July 14, ECOs received reports of a loon on Lake Bonaparte that appeared to
have fishing line and a possible lure tangled in its legs and body,
restricting its ability to swim or dive. ECO Worden responded to the
location and spotted the loon along the opposite shoreline. The caller
volunteered to take Officer Worden on his boat to the loon's location and
they discovered it bound with a crank bait and several feet of braided
fishing line tangled. ECO Worden successfully removed the lure and line
from the loon and released it back to the lake.
Loon
ready for release in Lake Bonaparte
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