Just in the past May Day holiday, some netizens uploaded a video that happened in the Siberian Tiger Park in Jilin Province. In the video, an oriental white stork was injured in the mouth, which made people feel very distressed, and netizens were talking about how it was injured and whether the injury was treated. Jilin Province Siberian Tiger Park made contact.
As you can see in the video, the base of the lower beak of this oriental white stork was completely fractured, making it difficult to drink water.
It is marked on the video uploaded online. It is understood that the Oriental White Stork was frightened by being chased by a child, and hit a hard object, resulting in a broken mouth and a fractured leg.
So is the specific reason as the netizens said? In response to this issue, the reporter contacted Director Wang of the Animal Management Office of the Northeast Tiger Park in Jilin Province.
Wang Haijun, Director of Animal Management Department of Siberian Tiger Park in Jilin Province:
We really didn't see any tourists driving it. When we saw it, it landed on the roof, avoided a big tree and didn't do well, and then hit the tree up, it hit a tree purely by accident, and the lower beak was completely fractured at the base.
Director Wang said that after finding that the oriental white stork was injured, they arrested the oriental white stork as soon as possible on the same day, but because the injured oriental white stork was very vigilant, the staff could not approach it for a while, and it was the next day. I caught it while it was drinking and eating.
Wang Haijun, Director of Animal Management Department of Jilin Province Siberian Tiger Park:
After we caught it, we first added some food and water to it. After simple treatment, we rushed to the animal hospital for treatment that night.
Wang Haijun, Director of the Animal Management Department of Jilin Province Siberian Tiger Park:
Now its mouth is fixed with steel plates, so it cannot open its mouth for the time being. Give it a pharyngeal test tube and feed it some liquid food. It is estimated that it will be two or three. month it can heal.
Director Wang told reporters that this oriental white stork was hatched and bred in the garden, and it is now three years old. In the future, it will be selected according to the recovery of the oriental white stork's mouth, whether it will be released into the Bird Garden or raised alone.
It is understood that the Oriental White Stork is a large wading bird and is an endangered bird in the world. According to statistics, the number of Oriental White Stork in the world is less than 10,000, and my country has listed it as a first-class protected animal.