Bald Eagle Recovering After Being Crippled By Leg Trap In Pennsylvania
HANOVER, Pa. (AP) — A bald eagle crippled by a leg trap in central Pennsylvania is recovering in a wildlife rehabilitation center.
Officials say the first-year hatchling was apparently caught in the fur trap in Franklin County and managed to free itself, but lost a talon on each foot in the process.
Wendy Looker of Rehabitat Inc. in Hanover said a woman found the eagle last week in her yard in Fayetteville, and it may have walked up to a mile from the trap.
Looker said the absence of the talons would place the young bird at a disadvantage, so the bird will be sent to a long-term education center in a week or so.
The Game Commission is investigating whether the fur trap was placed illegally, and if so, who placed it.
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