Dunedin Wildlife Hospital's highest-profile patients are about to be discharged. The last of the kakapo the facility has been treating will soon be released back into the wild. Hospital staff and volunteers have helped hand-rear several kakapo chicks this year, including 10 birds which were at risk of contracting the fungal pneumonia aspergillosis. One of the kakapo being hosted at Dunedin Wildlife Hospital, all of which are about to be returned to the wild. Last year there were 147 kakapo in the world, but between 30 and 50 chicks were expected to survive this year's breeding season.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 16, 2019 16:30 UTC