Police Rescue Osprey Caught In Fishing Line In Norwalk: PD

NORWALK, CT — Officers rescued an osprey, a hawk-like bird that eats fish, after the animal got tangled in a fishing line Sunday in Norwalk, according to police.

Police said on Facebook the tangled osprey was found in Norwalk Harbor. Officers pulled the animal out of the water, then contacted a wildlife rehabilitator.

The osprey is currently in the care of Christine's Critters Inc., a Weston-based organization that is working to treat the animal's injuries with hopes of releasing it back into the wild, police said.

More information, including photos of the rescued osprey, is available here.