Platypus spotted with plastic ring around neck sparks long-running rescue mission – ABC News

A chance encounter with a platypus in a Far North Queensland creek has led a retired GP on a months-long quest to free it from its plastic bonds.
Key points:

• Retired GP Ian Gibbs photographed the entangled platypus in December last year
• Queensland Department of Environment and Science rangers were unable to capture the animal after days of attempts
• Dr Gibbs is using camera traps to try and locate the animal’s burrow, sometimes spending hours a day setting up and inspecting the devices

Ian Gibbs,…

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