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Sea lion recovering after apparent great white shark attack in Dunedin 9 May, 2021 07:56 PM 3 minutes to read A sea lion bitten by what is believed to have been a great white shark rests on Allans Beach on Friday. It resurfaced at Aramoana on Sunday. Photo / Lisa Johnston A sea lion bitten by what is believed to have been a great white shark rests on Allans Beach on Friday. It resurfaced at Aramoana on Sunday. Photo / Lisa Johnston Otago Daily Times The Department of Conservation is optimistic a sea lion that came ashore at an Otago Peninsula beach with an apparent great white shark bite can survive its wounds. ....
One of the birds has pododermatitis, also known as bumblefoot, which is a bacterial infection and resulting inflammation of the feet caused by kakī suffering small cuts when they walk across hard or sharp surfaces, like rocks in their braided river-bed habitats, which then become infected. Whyte said staff at the hospital “removed a large plug of infected material from the kakī s foot, and stitched the resulting hole with some dissolving stitches”. The Dunedin Wildlife Hospital The kakī juveniles being treated for a wonky beak and bumblefoot at the Dunedin Wildlife Hospital. “It was also on a course of antibiotics which finished up last night. Everything is healing up really nicely; it must have been such a relief for the bird to have that plug removed. We re very happy with this patient s progress.” ....
“The whole recovery went better than we anticipated, and we’re really pleased to send this one back where it belongs.” Two drivers discovered the petrel across the road from a Ritchies Transport depot, in a paddock beside a Washdyke truck stop. One of the men filled a container with water and sat with the petrel for an hour-and-a-half – until a ranger from the Department of Conservation s Geraldine office arrived to take over, caring for the bird overnight and organising transport to Dunedin the following day. The ill fledgling was taken into intensive care upon arrival at the wildlife hospital, Whyte said. ....