Success for entangled Napier penguin s hunger for the wild
4 May, 2021 11:40 PM
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Rebekah Cuthbert, National Aquarium supervisor birds, releases the latest rehabilitated penguin to the Napier Port kororā sanctuary. Photo / Supplied
Rebekah Cuthbert, National Aquarium supervisor birds, releases the latest rehabilitated penguin to the Napier Port kororā sanctuary. Photo / Supplied
Hawkes Bay Today
The story of the kororā (little penguin) found tangled in a fishing line two weeks ago has had a happy ending.
On Monday he was released to the Napier Port kororā sanctuary by Rebekah Cuthbert, National Aquarium of New Zealand supervisor birds, and Liv Flynn of Hawke s Bay Bird and Wildlife Rescue Charitable Trust.
Whether the poisonings were deliberate or accidental, Flynn wasn’t sure. “The user has a legal obligation to prevent secondary poisoning to our pets and other wildlife species and to prevent non-target species coming into contact with this,” she said. Flynn said the trust understood “mistakes can and do happen,” but she urged people to stick to the guidelines when using the toxin to control pest numbers. “Our native species are making a comeback within Hawke’s Bay. It s very exciting.” Flynn said if residents had issues with pest species, other long-term methods that were safe and poison freecould be used.
Little blue penguin tangled in fishing line in Westshore, Napier, rescued by walkers
28 Apr, 2021 01:46 AM
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The little blue penguin was rescued after getting entangled in a fishing line last week. Photo / Lin Flynn
The little blue penguin was rescued after getting entangled in a fishing line last week. Photo / Lin Flynn
A little blue penguin rescued after getting entangled in a fishing line will spend the next two weeks in rehabilitation at Napier s aquarium.
The tangled kororā was found by a pair of walkers near Westshore s Whakariri Avenue Reserve about 2pm on April 23.
The woman and her grandfather took the penguin to the Hawke s Bay Bird and Wildlife Rescue centre in Napier South, before it was transported to Taradale Veterinary Hospital and eventually on to the National Aquarium of New Zealand.
Little blue penguin s lucky escape from fishing line in Napier
18 Jan, 2021 01:19 AM
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Hawke s Bay Bird and Wildlife Rescue members release the kororā/little blue penguin back into the wild, near where it was rescued from Ahuriri Napier. Video / Supplied
Hawke s Bay Bird and Wildlife Rescue members release the kororā/little blue penguin back into the wild, near where it was rescued from Ahuriri Napier. Video / Supplied
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Gianina Schwanecke
Hawke s Bay fishers are being urged to take great care after a rescued kororā/little blue penguin almost lost its leg when it became entangled piece of fishing line.