SARASOTA, Fla. ( WWSB) – Marine Patrol Officers rescued a pelican that was found tangled in fishing gear on Sarasota Bay.

OAKLAND (CBS SF) -- Oakland Zoo staff captured and treated a pelican Wednesday that witnesses said had a fishing lure stuck in its throat for over two weeks. Zoo officials said that staff responded to ...

SAND SPRINGS, Okla. — An Oklahoma state trooper came to the rescue of a wounded pelican on Thursday, removing a fishing hook that was lodged in the bird’s webbed foot. According to social media posts ...

MIAMI (WSVN) - A pelican is on the mend after it was found in bad shape at Haulover Inlet. Two Miami-Dade firefighters found the injured pelican hung up on the rocks of Haulover Inlet, Tuesday. They ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — St. Petersburg police officers rescued a pelican in distress while out on the waters of Tampa Bay. Video of the rescue showed officers with the marine unit pull the ...

One man from St. Petersburg, Florida, did not think twice to save the life of a young pelican that got entangled in a fishing line. The man, identified as Mike Bitler, volunteered to save the bird ...