Badly burned cockatoo given new feathers with superglue and matchsticks

Endangered Carnaby's cockatoo treated by vets at Perth Zoo after it was badly burnt on a power line

Vets at Perth zoo have used matchsticks and glue to replace the flight feathers of a Carnaby's cockatoo which was badly injured after it was burned on a power line.

Using a syringe to coat the donor feathers with superglue and a matchstick to shape the quill, vets replaced the juvenile bird's feathers and cut away the burnt remains in an effort to help it fly again.