Rescuers respond after wild animal is found in heartbreaking predicament: 'The only responsible thing to do'

Rescuers respond after wild animal is found in heartbreaking predicament: 'The only responsible thing to do'

Staff at a wildlife rescue center in the highlands of Scotland swooped into action to save an injured and endangered seabird.  The Ross-shire Journal reported that a great black-backed gull was found on a sports field in a high school in Golspie. The bird, named Alice by staff, was found with a fishing hook lodged in its beak and was whisked to the nearest rescue center in Brora.  Because the area is so sparsely populated, Alice had to take a tr…