“The male flies well, he knew us and our car and he couldn’t be caught,” described Karel Makoň from the Animal Rescue Station. Rescuers made several attempts to capture them, but the bird still stuck with a pistol crossbow arrow on the Radbuza River.
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On Monday, two people chased the duck in kayaks until, as always, he hid in the grass by the shore. “In the grass, he always sat motionless hidden until we gave up and translated the capture for another time. Now, however, it has worked out for us and we managed to catch it with a landing net on a long pole from the shore, “said Makoň. He admitted that coincidence and luck helped them capture the duck hidden in the grass in the water.
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The first attempt to catch a duck took place on April 20, rescuers have only been successful now.
Photo: Animal Rescue Station Pilsen, CTK
Even though the duck is just overflowing and therefore temporarily unable to fly, this does not mean that it does not dive and cannot swim several tens of meters relatively quickly under water or on water, said Makoň. “Extensive moulting is quite common in ducks, swans and geese, it usually takes place at a time when the birds have young and cannot get up from the site and fly away somewhere,” he explained.
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He hands over the documents to the police. “According to our conclusion, it was more of a vandalism resulting in a violation of the law on the protection of animals against cruelty,” he added.
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