Supposedly Rebecca had been receiving emails about seagulls with cut beer cans on their heads October 2012 but they didn't do anything about it because they were out of town. November 2012 they state they have received photographic evidence and start sending around this photo. They state the bird cannot eat or drink with this can on it's head. Supposedly the can had been on for months. Then why isn't it dead? Also note that they are taking this pic up close. Seagull isn't frightened of them. Bird looks perfectly healthy.
Rebecca Dmytryk says the "only" way to save these birds is to give them I think it was $3,500 for a net launcher. A netlauncher would be too powerful for one seagull. Plus, remember, this one hasn't eaten or had any water in over a month <eye roll>. From the internet,
"MOSS LANDING (CBS/AP) – A wildlife rescue group said beer can chokers worn by at least three seagulls from San Francisco to Half Moon Bay are no joke—and no accident.
WildRescue director Rebecca Dmytryk said members of her group spotted one of the birds over the weekend, but couldn’t catch it. Dmytryk urged the public not to try catching the birds, either."
Notice members of WildRescue spotted one of the birds. Hmmm. More from the articles,
"I feel pretty confident that if word gets around, we’ll be able to find the birds and help them," Dmytryk said. "I’m also hopeful that we’ll track down the perpetrator, maybe even through fingerprints. But, just that people are watching, and there’s a bounty, maybe that’s enough to get them to stop torturing animals." So who'd do such a thing? "It's probably someone who is bored and needing to show off," said Dmytryk."
Of course she feels confident they'll "find" the bird and "help" it. Notice she says it's probably someone needing to "show off." How very telling. Would that be Rebecca Dmytryk? And more,
"Now, Moss Landing-based WildRescue is hoping to raise $3,500 to buy a high-tech piece of equipment called a Coda Netlauncher to help the birds, and said they’re pretty much at a loss without it."
Everyone soon realizes it's all a scam. They even offered a reward for info leading to the person who put the beer can on the bird's head. I said it was probably Rebecca Dmytryk. Where do I get my reward money?
When the gig was up and people online were posting that it was probably a scam, they all of a sudden catch the seagull with a regular net. They didn't need the net gun after all.
If that wasn't enough the video of them removing the can is laughable. You could just take the can off the bird's head but no, not theatrical enough. They cut it off slowly for the camera. The bird's feathers under the can are perfect. He did not have that can on his head for three months or even three weeks or days. I bet they put it on him that morning. If you look at the video they release the seagull who then turns around and comes back to them.
The Coda Netlauncher is for trapping a few birds at once, not just one. From their site "The Coda Netlauncher is ideal for capturing a large number of birds in a single remote firing. It is used often for bird flu sampling. It is also used for relocation of nuisance or pesky birds such as pigeons at retail locations."
One last thing which really gave Rebecca Dmytryk away was when she was posting about being in the field and looking for the bird. She would type out "from my iPhone" on her Facebook page. That's not how it works. It's automatic. Yes, she was sitting at her house typing on a regular computer and just wanted people to think she was in the field. She wasn't. She was lying. I saved an image of that ridiculous post.
I'd like to say that this "myth" of the seagulls with beer cans on their heads is officially busted.
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