Gulls & Herrings Found in FL w/Beer Cans Around Their Neck

A guest had found a herring gull and a brown pelican — both with Busch Light beer cans around their necks like collars.

The ends of the cans had been cut off.

The gull’s head was forced through the can, but Vogel said the other can was modified to fit over the pelican’s larger head.

“Somebody must have thought about this for awhile,” Vogel said. “The can had a little bent clip, so it could be wrapped around the pelican’s neck.”

The pelican was easy prey because it was already semi-paralyzed, showing symptoms of avian botulism.

But because of its size, it still probably required two people to put the cans around its neck, Totman said.
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