WWF and KFBG Release a Recovered Black-faced Spoonbill back to Nature (28 Feb 2008)
After seven weeks of special care and treatment by Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) and WWF, a Black-faced Spoonbill, recovered from injures caused by an ingested fish hook and fishing line, is ready to go back to the wild and join its flock today at the Mai Po Nature Reserve.
WWF staff discovered the weak and undernourished Spoonbill inside a fish pond at the Mai Po Nature Reserve on 10th January 2008. It was entangled in fishing line suffering slight injury to the right wing and had swallowed a fish hook. It was then taken to the Wild Animal Rescue Centre of KFBG for treatment.
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The Spoonbill is colour leg flagged with the HK code A39
