'I don't get scared with an animal. I think it's the adrenaline that kicks in. I'm thinking of the animal, and that's all that matters to me.' When animals are in danger in Prospect Park, Marty Woess gets the call, saving raccoons, turtles, swans & more.
The call comes in at 4:00 AM. Some waterfowl are in trouble out on the lake in Prospect Park, their webbed feet stuck, frozen to the ice coating the water. In the predawn darkness, Marty Woess slips out of bed and races to the park, where she carefully slides across the dangerous ice to save the creatures.. She gets the call when there's a hurt raccoon or a swan that has swallowed a fish hook or a turtle that's gotten itself wedged somewhere.
Yes, it was an albino python. It had been dumped in the lake, funnily enough, in a trash bag, believe it or not. I got a call from the police, and I shot down there and pulled it out of the water.I grabbed it! I do a lot of rescues with just my hands. If an animal is not going to give me a severe bite or a dangerous bite, I prefer to touch the animal and have a tactile feel.Marty WoessWell, it was not in good condition. It was in really bad condition, but most animals will react fine.
Sometimes they do, sometimes they struggle. You got to be prepared for every eventuality. Obviously, if I'm handling raccoons, I use special, highly-rated animal gloves — or if I have to deal with rats or squirrels or something that can really give you a nasty bites. I've handled many, many snakes over the years. You've just got to support the animal in the right way and treat it in the right way.
That was only the once. I mean, it was a pair of cygnets [young swans] that had gone out to a small patch of water and just froze to the ice. I've done ice training many times, and I took all precautions. You know, it had to be done. There was no way I was going to let these animals die frozen to the ice. It was a matter of need. I was only out there for a matter of 20 minutes and I'd freed both.I don't get scared with an animal. I think it's the adrenaline that kicks in.
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