Wildlife deaths caused by hair ties, surgical masks and other ordinary household items – ABC News
We know that plastic bags, straws and microplastics have a deadly reputation when they wind up in the ocean, but there are other everyday items that are killing animals regularly without us noticing. This story contains images that readers may find distressing. Recently, a platypus was found dead in Warburton, 2 hours east of Melbourne, with an old hair tie wrapped around its neck. Geoff Williams from the Australian Platypus Conservancy says platypuses are killed from hair ties more often than you might think. “We are currently aware of one or two platypus deaths per year in Victoria caused by hair ties. However, this is only the tip of the iceberg,” he says.
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