Birds get new wings at Brazil rehab center


A hawk is being treated at the Ibama's Animal Recovery Center in Seropedica, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 18, 2017. -AFP

SEROPDICA: Not a single wing flutters in the Seropedica aviary near Rio de Janeiro, where aras and others parrots are learning how to fly again after they were rescued from traffickers.

Nearby, monkeys, turtles, boas and even alligators are also being nursed back to health at the IBAMA treatment center, just a 90-minute drive from Rio.

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