Rare oriental white stork gets beak transplant in NE China

STORY: Rare oriental white stork gets beak transplant in NE China DATELINE: Aug. 31, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:58 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the injured oriental white stork under medical treatment 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHU BAOGUANG, Staff member of Honghe National Nature Reserve 3. various of the oriental white stork being sent to the wild STORYLINE: An injured oriental white stork with a broken beak was brought to the Honghe National Nature Reserve in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province for surgery recently. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHU BAOGUANG, Staff member of Honghe National Nature Reserve "To rescue this oriental stork, we considered multiple options, and the best one was to provide it with an artificial beak as soon as possible. Thus, we reached out to a company specializing in simulated specimens and customized a lifelike beak for it. Without a lower beak, it couldn't peck food properly, making it unable to survive in the wild." The bird was sent back to the