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A Black Rhino calf is born at Taronga Western Plains Zoo as staff at Taronga’s Wildlife hospital work to save two orphaned Powerful Owl chicks. A seal undergoes cataract surgery at Sea World while Adelaide Zoo awaits the arrival of some very special Giant Pandas.

After a couple of months of rehabilitation at Taronga’s Wildlife Hospital the Powerful Owls had put on enough weight and were confident in flying, so it was time for them to return to suburbia.

The owls were taken to Bayview golf course where they were found, local residents knew that a tree with a large hollow in it was their nest and had sighted the parents the night before.

Taronga Wildlife Hospital regularly admits and rehabilitates seabirds. Some species have included the endangered Wandering Albatross, Australasian Gannets, Southern Giant Petrel, Little Penguin, Westland Petrel and Fiordland Crested Penguin.