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Duck on Mend After Found with Arrow Through Its Bill at Massachusetts Pond
Rescuers expect the well-known mallard to fully recover and return to the pond after the bolt was removed, officials said.
- On Tuesday, rescuers captured Horace, a mallard well known along the river in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to remove a crossbow bolt lodged in his bill.
- A Salem resident alerted Newhouse to the duck's plight after spotting him near a pond with the bolt embedded in his beak over the last couple of days.
- Steven Salowsky and Jane captured the mallard using nets in the river; Salowsky described the injury as "completely superficial" and "right by the nostrils," with the arrow sliding out after lubrication.
- Horace is expected to make a full recovery and will be released back to the pond where he was originally found, Newhouse confirmed.
- Newhouse regularly rehabilitates hundreds of animals, including a beaver rescued just last month that was trapped below a dam with infection and is now healthy and ready for release.
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Duck recovering after arrow found through its bill
A mallard duck, well known in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and affectionately nicknamed Horace by his fans, was captured on Tuesday so an arrow could be removed from his bill. | Newhouse Wildlife Rescue via Facebook CHELMSFORD, Mass. (WCVB) — A duck is recovering after it was found with an arrow through its bill. Newhouse Wildlife Rescue in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, was alerted to the duck’s plight by a Salem resident who saw it near a pond last …
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