{"id":668069,"date":"2026-07-01T14:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/668069\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T14:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:21:09","slug":"pets-injured-by-discarded-fishing-equipment-in-norfolk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/668069\/","title":{"rendered":"Pets injured by discarded fishing equipment in Norfolk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The Grove Veterinary and Hospital is urging people in the county to make sure they pick up and take all fishing lines, hooks and lures and take them home after use to ensure that animals can safely go on walks.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The warning comes after the MiNight team recently removed a barbed hook and lure from a pet after it stepped on it during a late-night beach walk.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The barbed hook and lure that was removed from an animal (Image: The Grove Veterinary)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesman for\u00a0the Grove Veterinary and Hospital said: &#8220;It is something we see more often than we should.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;However, it isn&#8217;t just our pets that discarded fishing equipment affects, wildlife isn&#8217;t always as lucky to receive help.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Please remember to pick up and take all fishing lines, hooks and lures home with you, and if you find any while out walking, please collect and dispose of them to avoid any casualties, whether it&#8217;s someone&#8217;s pet or wildlife.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Grove Veterinary and Hospital is urging people in the county to make sure they pick up and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-668069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}