A late-night wildlife rescue unfolded in Arthur’s Pass on Thursday evening when an injured great spotted kiwi was found by a roadside and taken to an outdoor education centre.<\/p>\n
The man, identified as Pete, who discovered the wounded bird noticed the centre’s lights on and sought help.<\/p>\n
Staff contacted a registered kiwi handler who lived nearby to assess the bird’s condition.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, students from Loburn School who were preparing for a glow worm walk were given the opportunity to observe the kiwi quietly before she was wrapped in a towel to reduce her stress.<\/p>\n
The young female kiwi was then taken to a veterinary clinic by local volunteer Graeme, dubbed the “Uber kiwi transporter”.<\/p>\n
Vets treated her overnight with fluids and pain medication, and she received stitches in one foot.<\/p>\n
“She seems to be doing well but it is too soon to say she is in the clear,” Arthur’s Pass Outdoor Education Centre said in a statement.<\/p>\n
It is unknown whether the kiwi was microchipped, which would confirm her identity.<\/p>\n
“If not, Pete, the chap who rescued her off the road, has kindly said Loburn School can name her.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A late-night wildlife rescue unfolded in Arthur’s Pass on Thursday evening when an injured great spotted kiwi was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[2851,15470,1397,90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-24502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animals","tag-christchurch-canterbury","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}