https://d28dhd8eubcyz4.cloudfront.net/iiif/2/curtis-production2-cache%2F1%2F0%2F1%2F88f8ac-3ca6-4406-84f2-996213a163d9%2Fresize_master_42136983a99ac4755ff05f6e97904bfc.jpg/full/!880,1024/0/default.jpg?sig=ee7c3e62f718309a8dd17debdae0ce8f2ccd153e&ver=1667231206Ruru in care at Wildbase Recovery Centre
- Description
Central Energy Trust Wildbase Recovery provides shelter and world-class care for native wildlife to rehabilitate after treatment at Massey University’s Wildbase Hospital. A Wildbase Ruru became a social media darling in April 2021 when a tweet by Dr Natalie Anderson showing the bird before and after an anti-bacterial shampoo and blowdry went viral on Twitter.
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Relation
- Alexander Robertson, for PNCC
- Date
- March 11, 2021
- Digitisation id
- 2021BD_IMCA-DigitalArchive_034712
- Format
- Born Digital
- Held In
- "IMCA Digital Archive"











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