Duo Of Vultures Get Drunk In Connecticut, Rehab Center Issues Warning

KILLINGWORTH, CT — A pair of Vultures in Connecticut went dumpster diving earlier this month and wound up so drunk that wildlife rescuers thought they were dying, according to a Facebook post from earlier this month.

The duo were too drunk to fly, unable to balance or stand, and kept passing out, rehabilitators with A Place Called Hope wrote April 9.

The rehab center, which worked with Watertown Animal Control, "ran every test" until they put the puzzle pieces together and realized that all the birds needed were fluids, to be tucked in overnight... and fed a BIG breakfast the next day."

Fortunately, the pair returned home and reunited with their colony "before the center could be labeled a detox facility," according to the post.

But A Place Called Hope noted that they hope the story of the vultures' misadventure serves as a lesson to others.

"Remember, your cocktail fruit that ends up in a dumpster can end up intoxicating wildlife if the dumpster is not kept closed," they wrote. "Birds don't let other birds fly drunk... this dynamic duo had each other's backs, but I don't know if any lessons were learned on their end."

They added: "And drunk vultures are not easy patients, just sayin'."