A CAPE gannet, which has been injured on Brighton Beach died last week, despite the efforts of the Centre for Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) to save him.
The CROW staff were called out to rescue the injured bird form the beach on Thursday, 9 February.
The gannet, which was not yet a year old, was on its first migration from Cape Town to Durban, following the sardines and was suffering from kidney failure.
“On admission to CROW he was severely emaciated. Unfortunately, as a result of emaciation, this little guy’s kidneys failed and he just couldn’t pull through the night. This is the second Cape gannet rescued by CROW at Brighton Beach in a week,” said CROW marketing and communications officer, Sharl Els.
Unfortunately, the first gannet which had a broken back, also died.
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