A rare brown booby seabird found shivering and immobile at Ogden Point Jan. 29, has died while in care at Wild ARC in Metchosin.
In a statement, senior wildlife rehabilitator Marguerite Sans, said the brown booby, who was admitted into care last week in critical condition, succumbed to her B次元官网网址渟evere state of emaciation and weakness.B次元官网网址�
The birdB次元官网网址檚 health declined dramatically over the weekend, despite efforts to reverse her condition with tube feeding, antibiotics, and pain relief.
B次元官网网址淲ild ARC staff are thankful to the finder that rescued the animal and called Wild ARC, and for all the public concern for this unique patient,B次元官网网址� Sans wrote. B次元官网网址淥ur solace is that she is no longer suffering.B次元官网网址�
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The brown booby was found by a Victoria woman who called the SPCA, who transferred the bird to its Wild ARC care facility with wounds on her breast and feet. At the time, Sans said it was possible the seabird had been blown off its migration pattern due to the regionB次元官网网址檚 recent windstorms.
Still, the tropical brown booby was a rare site, some 3,000 km from its typical breeding sites in the Gulf of Mexico and islands in Central America.
Wild ARC, an arm of the SPCA, cares for more than 3,000 animals a year as a result of donations from the public.
B次元官网网址淭hank you to all the supporters of the brown boobyB次元官网网址檚 care and to everyone who continues to support our important work in the community as the only wildlife rehabilitation on southern Vancouver Island,B次元官网网址� Sans wrote.
