An eagle who was injured in a fight with another eagle was released back into the wild recently after undergoing weeks of rehabilitation.
The Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society, O.W.L, was called out by the Delta Community Animal Shelter on Nov. 7 to East 62 Avenue in East Vancouver. Two eagles had been fighting in the air and had crashed to the ground with each other still locked in their talons.
Mindy Dick, who works for O.W.L, says this is called interspecies fighting and is very common this time of year. “They go after each other in the air and they lock on and they don’t let go,” she says. “It’s almost like a game of chicken.”
“They are fighting over territory.”
One of the eagles was fine, however one had severe puncture wounds to its chest and legs and needed to be taken to O.W.L for treatment.
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He had to go on a three-day course of antibiotics and then spent some time at the centre to make sure he was healed and there was no infection.
“We wanted to make sure that no infection had set in and he was not sore from those wounds,” says Dick.
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O.W.L also has two other eagles at their facility that were rescued on Wednesday. Dick says they were locked together with their feet in each other’s faces (see photo above).
They will be releasing one of the eagles on Saturday at 1 p.m. at their facility and everyone is welcome to attend.
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