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Yahoo
21-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
TECO truck helps rescue mother osprey hooked, tangled in fishing line in Apollo Beach
The Brief A female osprey now named Symphony is doing well after a painful encounter with a hook and fishing line. The osprey got tangled in one of the six fishing lines a homeowner in Apollo Beach left out. TECO workers jumped into action, providing one of their bucket trucks, so volunteers could retrieve the bird and safely remove the fishing line and the hook. APOLLO BEACH, Fla. - A female osprey now named Symphony is doing well after a painful encounter with a hook and fishing line. "We were notified Sunday morning that there was a bird hung up on the platform, so we sent some volunteers out to look, and we did see the line," Raptor Center of Tampa Bay President Nancy Murrah said. Follow FOX 13 on YouTube Timeline In one of the photos, you can see the fishing line hanging from the nest on this platform where the female osprey, her mate and two babies were when she got tangled up in the line. Murrah said the osprey got tangled in one of the six fishing lines a homeowner in Apollo Beach left out. The same people then cut the line when she got tangled. That's when she flew back to the nest with the hook and line still attached to her. "Within 35 minutes, he had a bucket truck there. We had gotten the maintenance people. They had to move some pylons to get the truck out to where the platform was. And they sent someone up. We had a volunteer on the ground, and we got the bird down," Murrah said. TECO workers jumped into action, providing one of their bucket trucks, so volunteers could retrieve the bird and safely remove the fishing line and the hook. READ: Investigation underway after police shoot at aggressive dog in Sarasota What they're saying "It was kind of heart-wrenching when the guy got up there with the bucket, she jumped and she tried to fly. And, of course, she was caught by the lines. And that is the reason we were able to get her, because then she was very slowly lowered to the ground by that line," Murrah said. It was a team effort to save a mother osprey. Murrah said her babies should be just fine with their dad while she's rehabbed. "She has a very good mate who was this entire time not only feeding the two chicks that are in the nest, which are big, full-size osprey, but he was also feeding her," Murrah said. What's next For now, Murrah said they'll monitor Symphony and wait for her wing to heal and the puncture wound to close before she is released back into the wild and able to return to the nest. MORE:Florida cat escapes vet after procedure, travels 3 miles back home: 'I would've called an Uber' "If you're going to fish, go out there and fish responsibly, make sure to remove all your fishing line don't leave anything around take what you take out there with you and take it back in," Murrah said. What you can do If you come across a bird tangled in fishing line, never cut the line and call a rehaber. You can find local rehabbers by visiting The Source The information in this story was gathered by FO 13's Jordan Bowen. WATCH FOX 13 NEWS: STAY CONNECTED WITH FOX 13 TAMPA: Download the FOX Local app for your smart TV Download FOX Local mobile app:Apple |Android Download the FOX 13 News app for breaking news alerts, latest headlines Download the SkyTower Radar app Sign up for FOX 13's daily newsletter
Borneo Post
15-05-2025
- Business
- Borneo Post
Sarawak's first mozzarella cheese plant in Merapok set to start production this August
Buffaloes grazing at the Meragang breeding station. LAWAS (May 15): The Green Valley Dairy Farm, Sarawak's pioneer cheese producer, is set to roll out its first batch of mozzarella cheese from its processing plant in Merapok here this August. Deputy Minister of Food Industry, Commodity and Regional Development Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Ismail said this production will put the RM16-million facility located at the Meragang Buffalo Breeding Station on the international radar as a producer of quality buffalo milk mozzarella for international markets. 'This facility will position Lawas as the largest mozzarella cheese producer in the Southeast Asian region, targeting exports to European and regional markets. 'With financing from Agro Bank, the installation of this cheese processing equipment will begin this June, and production is targeted to come on stream in August,' he said after a working visit to the Meragang Buffalo Breeding Station on Wednesday. Accompanying him were Lawas MP Datuk Henry Sum Agong and Lawas Veterinary officer Robine Asut. Dr Abdul Rahman added that the Meragang station will house over 700 Murrah buffaloes from Australia, including over 200 heads in the first phase. 'More than 200 Murrah buffaloes imported from Australia are currently being quarantined in Miri, and are expected to be brought to Lawas by the end of this month. 'Meanwhile, for the second phase, the Veterinary Department will receive more than 500 buffaloes of the same species by the end of the year, bringing the total number of buffaloes we expect being placed at the Meragang station close to 1,000,' he said. Murrah buffaloes can produce between 16 litres to 20 litres of milk daily compared to the current paddy buffaloes, which produce less than six litres per day. Mozzarella cheese is currently processed in Langkawi and is halal, as well as produced on a small scale in Selangor. The upcoming Lawas production will be the biggest in the country. In view of this, the Green Valley Dairy Farm has linked up with potential buyers from the Middle East, Africa, and Europe for export of its mozzarella cheese products through the global trade network in Dubai. Green Valley Dairy Farm merapok Mozzarella cheese
