The first patients have been shifted into a new $1.4 million wildlife hospital in Palmerston North that can treat twice as many birds and reptiles. Wildbase, the only dedicated wildlife hospital in the country, officially opened its doors on Friday. A yellow-eyed penguin and a kea were the first to tentatively explore their new cages after Friday's opening ceremony. A glass-walled public display room at the front of the building allows the public to view recovering animals from outdoors, while a pet treatment room will help generate income. Top patients were kereru, Australian harrier, North Island brown kiwi, tui, sacred kingfisher, little blue penguin and tuatara.

Source: Stuff January 26, 2017 23:28 UTC