Aussie Vets Save Bird Of Prey That They Took In After Finding It Severely Injured

This bird of prey was found badly injured by a fishing line on a beach by Australian vets but has now fully recovered thanks to their treatment and is preparing to be released back into the wild.

The whistling kite was saved by staff from the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital who posted the footage detailing the story last Saturday, 16th October.

Doctor Emily Kay said in the video that the kite that they named 'Django' was saved from Australia's Frazer Coast area.

The whistling kite (Haliastur sphenurus) is a medium-sized diurnal raptor, also known as a bird of prey, that can be found throughout Australia.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) does not consider the kite to be at risk of extinction and has ranked them as a 'least concern' species.

Kay explained that Django was found along the coast with a bit of fishing line wrapped around one of his talons.

The fishing line injured the kite and as a result, one of its talons had curled underneath its foot stopping Django from hunting effectively.

The team of vets started a rehabilitation process to make sure that Django would be able to get back out into the wild and hunt as soon as possible.

Django was kept in the rainforest enclosure until the vets felt that his injuries had healed sufficiently for him to return to the wild.

Kay ended the video by saying that she is confident that Django is ready to be released.

The zoo did not state exactly when Django will be returned to the wild.

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