{"id":816641,"date":"2026-10-28T16:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T16:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/816641\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T16:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T16:08:11","slug":"warning-to-anglers-after-ripley-cygnet-injured-by-hook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/816641\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning to anglers after Ripley cygnet injured by hook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A cygnet was found injured after a fishing hook got stuck in its foot, prompting a warning to anglers about the dangers of discarded tackle<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The young swan suffered a wound after a fishing line became wrapped around its leg and a hook embedded in his foot at Butterley Reservoir in Ripley on 11 October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A passer-by spotted the bird and raised the alarm. RSPCA officer Lucy Kingsley attended to take the animal to a vet for treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The incident has led the charity to urge people to ensure fishing line and tackle is properly disposed of.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Kingsley said: &#8220;The line was wrapped tightly around the leg and the hook was embedded in an open wound, making it impossible to remove safely at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Fishing litter can be extremely dangerous to wildlife.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The majority of anglers are very responsible, but sadly it only takes one piece of discarded kit to cause birds, like this cygnet, a great deal of suffering, and can even be fatal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The cygnet was successfully released back in to the wild after recovering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A cygnet was found injured after a fishing hook got stuck in its foot, prompting a warning to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":816642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-816641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816641","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=816641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}