RSPCA Friends of West Hatch Newsletter Autumn-Winter 2018 | issue 15 | Page 18

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ly
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tally unconsc rongly –
in others, to
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ry
smelled ve
one of them
of beer!
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in
l
o
h
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birds and has ption of
reported in
m
su
n
co
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associated w es.
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espite the
f our gulls, d
o
se
ca
e
th
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at they had
f the press th ple enjoying
allegations o
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st
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d
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we are suspic ks, which seemed to
bea
around their
h, was
of cereal mas
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m
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th
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ct
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perhaps a by
stry.
brewing indu
s were
of these bird ration
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yd
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d
re
m seve
suffering fro
by the
ed
at
b
er
, exac
and collapse weather, although
m
unusuallywar save a number
to
le
ab
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er
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e
w
and
rehydration
h
it
w
of them
ations
. Our investig
nursing care
ent
d
ci
se of the in
into the cau
are ongoing.