An image of a bird tangled in a face mask has been shared by scientists, who warn that measures to slow the spread of Covid-19 are 'killing animals around the world'.

Nearly a quarter of the photos taken show birds caught up in personal protective equipment (PPE), with the majority being disposable face masks, the researchers said. The project, run by ...

Bird dies after getting tangled in coronavirus face mask. Environmentalists warn about the risks to wildlife from discarded masks and plastic gloves used to protect against the coronavirus ...

the bird's big round head holds its huge triangular bill of red, blue and yellow plates. It waddles across grassy slopes outside breeding burrows, excavated by those carnival-mask spade beaks and ...

Entanglements were one of the most prevalent threats, with some animals being killed after becoming caught in the plastic debris ... For instance, a gull in Rotterdam was struck by a car while tangled ...

"It's clear the mask was there for some time and the elastic straps had tightened around his legs as his joints were swollen and sore," he said. 'First of many' The bird was taken to the South ...

The bird struggled for about a week while the elastic on the face mask tightened around its legs.

Nearly a quarter of the photographs show birds nesting or entangled in disposable face masks. The focus of the project is on capturing the impact of waste - particularly plastic pollution - on the ...

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