CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WFLA) — Cape Coral officers rescued an injured pelican with a fishing hook stuck in its beak and body on March 6, according to footage of the rescue. The Cape Coral Police Department ...

Cape Coral police rescued an injured pelican that was caught on a fishing hook after neighbors reported the bird needed help.

OAKLAND (CBS SF) -- Oakland Zoo staff captured and treated a pelican Wednesday that witnesses said had a fishing lure stuck in its throat for over two weeks. Zoo officials said that staff responded to ...

SAND SPRINGS, Okla. — An Oklahoma state trooper came to the rescue of a wounded pelican on Thursday, removing a fishing hook that was lodged in the bird’s webbed foot. According to social media posts ...

A pelican that was saved by three friends after it became tangled in a fishing line and fell into the Intracoastal Waterway in Fort Lauderdale was released back into the wild after more than two ...

MIAMI (WSVN) - A pelican is on the mend after it was found in bad shape at Haulover Inlet. Two Miami-Dade firefighters found the injured pelican hung up on the rocks of Haulover Inlet, Tuesday. They ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — St. Petersburg police officers rescued a pelican in distress while out on the waters of Tampa Bay. Video of the rescue showed officers with the marine unit pull the ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A pelican is recovering after volunteers with Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, Inc. say they found him tangled in a fishing line and shot dozens of times with a pellet gun at a lake in ...