A&M VETS UNABLE TO SAVE BALD EAGLE
A Bald Eagle that was transported earlier this week to the Texas A&M Small Animal Hospital in College Station after suffering from severe burn injuries died Thursday night.
The female bird of prey, and national symbol was believed to be four or five years old, was taken to College Station animal clinic Wednesday after veterinarians at the Wildlife Center of Texas in Houston examined the bird and determined it needed to see a specialist.
The Houston SPCA ambulance was dispatched to pick up the eagle from Pearland after a call came in from someone who found the eagle critically wounded. Meera Nandlal of the SPCA said they responded to a call from someone who found the critically injured bird.
Angela Clendenin, a spokeswoman for the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, said once the eagle arrived at the Small Animal Hospital, she was examined by veterinarian Dr. Jll Heatly who was able to find an entrance and exit wound.
Had the eagle survived it would not have been able to fly again and would, according to the hospital, would have no quality of life.
Were the wounds something that the eagle got into, or did an individual do this to the bird, hopefully not the latter!
From everything I saw and read, I don’t think anyone knows how the eagle was burned. He was found near Houston.
Which did the bird in…Burns or Wounds from a projectile? One or Both?
The wounds and the burns were electrical…like a severe shock…causing entry and exit wounds.