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Park user Wody Bergquist, rear, who called RCMP after hearing what sounded like a gunshot, watches as RCMP Constables Jennifer Crossman, left, and David Davis work with kayak-mounted Medicine River Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre volunteer Wayne Anderson to capture a wounded American white pelican in the Three Mile Bend lagoon on Tuesday morning.
by RANDY FIEDLER/Advocate staff

American white pelican killed in city park

Red Deer Mounties descended on Three Mile Bend Tuesday after reports that someone may have shot at birds in the popular off-leash dog park. A pelican with a gaping open wound was rescued from the area lagoon, but it died shortly after. Police and wildlife experts aren’t sure if it was shot... more »


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