ERRAND OF MERCY
ALBATROSS DESTROYED INJURED ON BARBED WIRE A fully-grown albatross, which tried to land on the nesting ground at Otago Heads last week, had to be destroyed by members of the Zoology Department of the Otago University because of injuries it suffered when caught in the barbed wire entanglements that are a relic of the war-time defences. The bird was found near a sitting albatross within a few hundred yards of the lighthouse at Otago Heads, and as both legs were broken the Zoology Department was advised of the position by Mr *L. E. Richdale who has been making a study of these birds. Two members of the department went to the Heads and put the injured albatross out of its misery by the use of an anaesthetic. The bird has since been skinned and stuffed and will be displayed in the Otago Museum. The Otago Heads is said to be the only place in the world where albatrosses return and nest in civilisation, and it appears that this bird was one of the albatrosses observed by Mr Richdale some time ago, as it had three rings which had been placed on it by him during his observations.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26635, 4 December 1947, Page 4
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200ERRAND OF MERCY Otago Daily Times, Issue 26635, 4 December 1947, Page 4
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