Yellow-billed kite rescued from coal pit in Richards Bay

COVERED in coal, dehydrated, and close to death.

This was the sad state of a yellow-billed kite, rescued last Friday from inside a dam filled with coal sludge in Alton.

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Acting quickly, the bird’s rescuer transported him to a local veterinarian.

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