{"id":792190,"date":"2026-05-13T00:03:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T00:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/792190\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T00:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T00:03:16","slug":"duck-recovering-after-arrow-found-through-its-bill-at-mass-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/792190\/","title":{"rendered":"Duck recovering after arrow found through its bill at Mass. pond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA duck is recovering Tuesday after it was found with an arrow through its bill. Newhouse Wildlife Rescue in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, was alerted to the duck&#8217;s plight by a Salem resident who saw it near a pond over the last couple of days with what appeared to be a bolt from a crossbow stuck in its beak. The duck was captured on Tuesday and the arrow was removed.&#8221;Sometimes it&#8217;s accidental. Sometimes it\u2019s on purpose. It was another rescue where we both ended up jumping in the water, but we couldn\u2019t leave him there like this,&#8221; Newhouse rescuers posted. The duck is expected to make a full recovery. It will be released back to pond where it was found, Newhouse Wildlife Rescue said.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"dateline\">CHELMSFORD, Mass. \u2014<\/strong> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A duck is recovering Tuesday after it was found with an arrow through its bill. <\/p>\n<p>Newhouse Wildlife Rescue in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, was alerted to the duck&#8217;s plight by a Salem resident who saw it near a pond over the last couple of days with what appeared to be a bolt from a crossbow stuck in its beak. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"duck hit by arrow\" title=\"Duck hit by arrow \" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6f7addbb-4dc2-4c4a-ae41-cd63b0dbdbdf.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The duck was captured on Tuesday and the arrow was removed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes it&#8217;s accidental. Sometimes it\u2019s on purpose. It was another rescue where we both ended up jumping in the water, but we couldn\u2019t leave him there like this,&#8221; Newhouse rescuers posted. <\/p>\n<p>The duck is expected to make a full recovery. It will be released back to pond where it was found, Newhouse Wildlife Rescue said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"arrow removed from duck's bill\" title=\"Arrow removed from duck's bill \" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/786544a6-051e-40f3-85f2-782154217170.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tSteven Mark Salowsky, Newhouse Wildlife Rescue\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArrow removed from duck\u2019s bill\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A duck is recovering Tuesday after it was found with an arrow through its bill. 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