It's putting a lot of strain on the staff and finances of International Bird Rescue in Fairfield, and they're appealing to the public for help.
"We, today, got 12 new, young brown pelicans," said executive director JD Bergeron. "They're all from the Santa Cruz area and found in unusual places, people's driveways, the wharf. Some of these, clearly, easily recognized that there's something wrong."
"They can be literally 7 or 8 feet down. The strongest of these pelicans, with their plunge dive, can only go about 6 feet deep. They can starve to death, literally, with fish about a foot below," Bergeron said. "It's clearly access to the food. There's not been any reports from the fisheries that the fish stock is down."
"They are animals that will not survive without additional help" said Wildlife Center manager Kelly Beffa, as she examined a pelican found in someone's driveway. "Just a couple days. Sometimes it could be their last day if it's been a while that we can get to them. But it's urgent and in dire need."
"The sad thing is that there is always a limit if you have starving animals that, at some point, there is a mass mortality, that they have been starving for so long that they cannot survive any longer," said Bergeron. "So, right now we're in the phase of encouraging folks to be on the lookout for pelicans in strange places, because the sooner you can get them into care, the more likely we can succeed in getting them well again."
But that's still a problem for International Bird Rescue. At about $2.50 per pound, the fish bill is skyrocketing.
So, they're asking for help from the public. They need three things: monetary donations, volunteers to help at the center, and, finally, for people to keep an eye out for pelicans acting strangely.
For more information, or to help, visit the International Bird Rescue's website.
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