Environmentalists are disgusted at the death of a bird which drowned because of littering.
Tragic - Eileen Tyrer with the dead goose found in the lake. Picture: STEVE BRADING (41398-e)
Stephanie Tyrer, of Harwich Environmental Action Team (Heat), said the canada goose died after getting caught in rubbish at Dovercourt's boating lake.
It comes after a campaign to clear-up the area, which had become strewn with junk, and warnings about the impact of littering on wildlife.
Miss Tyrer said the canada goose, the only one on the boating lake, died after plastic wrapping got caught around a wing and filled with water, drowning it.
She said: "This is exactly what we have been trying to stop happening - we are furious."
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Published Wednesday, March 2, 2005
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