Two engineers attached to the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) on Wednesday rescued a stranded flamingo from the Essequibo River, GINA said yesterday. According to their statements, the engineers were conducting routine field visits in west Hog Island and noticed an object in the river between Hog Island and Liberty Island. Upon further checks they discovered that it was a flamingo, GINA said.
“We noticed something in the water and decided to turn back and found out that it was a flamingo so we decided to save it because it was unable to fly because of the weather”, engineer Rudolph Persaud explained.
The team saw it best to donate the bird to the Guyana Zoological Park so that it can be cared for and seen by the Guyanese public. GINA said that the management of the park applauded the NDIA engineers for the rescue and safe delivery of the animal and noted that this was the first time they would have one of these birds in their care.