A heron took flight in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, stretching its wings and soaring over a river after veterinarians saved it ...

The heron will not be able to eat with an object that big horizontally placed at its throat, and is expected to gradually become weaker and die of hunger within three to five days, he added.

"We saw no reason to keep holding her," he said. The bird, known to scientists as a Cocoi heron, the largest species of heron found in Latin America, is closely related to the great blue heron.

"We saw no reason to keep holding her," he said. The bird, known to scientists as a Cocoi heron, the largest species of heron found in Latin America, is closely related to the great blue heron.

"We saw no reason to keep holding her," he said. The bird, known to scientists as a Cocoi heron, the largest species of heron found in Latin America, is closely related to the great blue heron.