Edhat Staff
By edhat staff
Santa Barbara County firefighters rescued a crow that had become tangled in a fishing line near Lake Los Carneros in Goleta.
Firefighters responded to the area on Friday morning and found the bird at the top of a tree. Firefighter Matt Hyman climbed the aerial ladder of Truck 11 to retrieve the bird.
The crow was then handed over to a member of the local animal rescue organization, the same person who had made the call regarding the distressed animal.
Great job!
Thank you firemen and wildlife rescue!!! Saved crowie’s life!!!
THANK YOU, FD!!
(But what exactly am I watching here? Seems he took two bundles off the tree?)
Truly the greatest show on Earth!
We saw the trucks arrive.. they had trouble with the chain lock at entrance. We thought how can they get a ladder truck in there anyway. Congrats! Success! Glad to know you can access there .. Seriously *glad* as we live close to the park.
Ok, this is getting ridiculous when we have firefighters rolling out and sending up the giant ladder truck to capture a crow. Am I the only one who thinks this? If I am I’m standing by my opinion anyway. What a waste of time and money. Last check we have a lot of real problems on our society that are pretty dang expensive and … oh, nevermind. Good luck crow, and mustachio guy.
Agreed, yes – waste of valuable resources. Hope no one was working overtime. The city shouldn’t be crippled by pensions for people paid to rescue… a crow(?!)
so you’d rather let the crow die a slow death tangled in a tree top than let some firefighters, who were not otherwise occupied, drive from the other side of the park to have a good training opportunity?
After all, money is the only thing that truly matters in the world, at least for some troglodytes.
Amazing what you get in return for $350,000 a year talent.
Thank you fire fighters! This must have been a welcomed respite from ‘ATD Positive’ medical calls. Thank you for helping one of our other neighbors that some choose to ignore.
Yes, they used some gas and put a few miles wear & tear on the engine. But you could as easily complain about them hanging out at the station washing the truck. What they do in a day has nothing to do with pension costs! That’s way too simplistic a view of public employee pension costs and issues.
They’re on multi-day shifts, living at a firehouse. How could they be accruing overtime unless they’re working in the field during a wildfire for a week or two at a time?
Not a waste, Training of Hard Working Fire Fighters who save lives.