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North End firefighter rushed to hospital after bite from seagull he was rescuing

By adamg on Tue, 07/27/2010 - 12:43pm

NorthEndWaterfront.com pecks out the story (and posts the exclusive photo) of an ungrateful seagull trapped in a harbor piling that rewarded his rescuer with a bite that drew blood - sending the unlucky firefighter to the ER for a tetanus shot.

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By RozzieGal on Tue, 07/27/2010 - 1:18pm.

This report made me feel a tiny bit better about not being able to help a seagull with a broken wing at Singing Beach on Saturday. Police said with wildlife they let nature take its course and they couldn't capture it or put it out of its misery. I thought several times about wrastling it to the ground and wringing its neck but, really, no good would have come from that.

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By MovingForwardorBackward on Tue, 07/27/2010 - 2:59pm.

Clearly seagulls are dangerous not to mention ungrateful creatures and should be muzzled.

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By John-W on Tue, 07/27/2010 - 8:19pm.

Turns out there were a bunch of other gulls on the pier looking down and laughing at the one stuck on the piling -- not one called 911 because they all thought he was a douchebag anyways. (Turns out he usually spends most of his time down at Revere Beach pestering Kelley's patrons.)

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