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4-month-old vulture rescued from a trap (Facebook)
A team from the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) rescued a 4-month-old vulture that was trapped in a dense hyacinth at Hartbeespoort Dam near the Randburg Bridge.
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According to the NSRI, eyewitnesses reported that the vulture appeared to be in trouble on Thursday.
“Eyewitnesses confirmed that previously, two private boats had tried to help the vulture but appeared to be retreating due to the dense hyacinth,” said NSRI spokesman Arthur Crewe.
“Upon arriving at the site, our NSRI rescue boat passed through approximately 900 m of dense hyacinth and reached the vulture, which we found trapped by the foot in the hyacinth, and the abandoned fishing line contributed to the entrapment,” he added.
Once the bird was released, it tried to fly but seemed exhausted and landed in the water.
The local vulture protection conservation organization Vulco was alerted and confirmed that the vulture was four months old.
Conservation officers will take care of it.
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