A trumpeter swan that crash-landed on a Vancouver construction site is recovering after it was rescued from a deep pit of bright yellow toxic-looking water. After draining the pit to make it safer, volunteers from Wildlife Rescue used a net to trap the swan before carrying it out on a ladder. The West 4th Avenue and Alberta Street site formerly housed an industrial chromium plating business and is currently undergoing soil and environmental remediation. The animal did not suffer any broken bones and is now under observation at the Wildlife Rescue Hospital at Burnaby Lake. Wildlife Rescue director Yolanda Brooks said swan rescues are not uncommon at this time of year.

Source: CBC News November 18, 2016 19:39 UTC