Animal welfare charity RSPCA is urging people to cut the elastic ear straps from disposable masks before binning them after an ibis was found with one wrapped around its leg in Brisbane. The ibis was found limping near the Queensland Art Gallery. The RSPCA Animal Ambulance responded but never located the entangled ibis. “RSPCA QLD are receiving a significant increase in rescue call-outs to wildlife tangled in small waste and in particular, disposable medical masks,” the organisation said on Facebook on Jan. 18. “Entanglements are a killer. No matter where you’re disposing of your mask take a moment to snip the straps.” With so many PPE now in circulation, mask mandates, and thousands of them being thrown away every day around Australia, there is a serious hazard posed to wildlife. “When they advertise to wear masks why can’t they tell people how to dispose of them responsibly by tearing off or cutting the …