HURT EAGLE PLACED IN VETERINARY CARE; ENDANGERED BIRD INJURED ON ROADWAY.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer A golden eagle was recuperating Tuesday at a Lancaster veterinary clinic after being hit by a car as it tried to pick up an animal carcass carcass, carcase 1. the body of an animal killed for meat. The head, the legs below the knees and hocks, the tail, the skin and most of the viscera are removed. The kidneys are left in and in most instances the body is split down the middle through the sternum and the vertebral from a road near the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve. The eagle - which is on the endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. list - suffered a cut under its left wing, along with neurological and spinal injuries during Monday's incident, said veterinarian veterinarian /vet·er·i·nar·i·an/ (vet?er-i-nar´e-an) a person trained and authorized to practice veterinary medicine and surgery; a doctor of veterinary medicine. vet·er·i·nar·i·an n. Larry Bosma. He expected the bird to recover from surgery scheduled for late Tuesday. ``He was in pretty good shock,'' said Bosma, who is treating the eagle at the North Valley Veterinary Clinic. ``He wasn't standing yesterday. He's improved tremendously in the past 24 hours.'' Bosma said the eagle - the fourth he's treated in the past 12 years - will be transferred to a rehabilitation center in Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. , where it will have to relearn Verb 1. relearn - learn something again, as after having forgotten or neglected it; "After the accident, he could not walk for months and had to relearn how to walk down stairs" its survival skills. It eventually will be released into the same area where it was found, Bosma said. ``Golden eagles mate for life,'' Bosma said. ``It's important that we take that into consideration.'' Animal control officials recovered the bird about 9 a.m. Monday, after several callers reported seeing the eagle lying on the roadway near 173rd Street West and Avenue I. ``We got lots of calls,'' said animal control Lt. Rosendo Perez, adding that eagle rescues are rare. ``We even had an elderly couple come in and report it. They were very concerned.'' Officials believe that the bird was trying to lift a carcass from the roadway or was about to kill an animal when it was hit by a car whose driver did not stop. When fully grown, the eagle, which is known as the king of birds, can have a 7-foot wingspan and is 30 to 41 inches long. ``It's a beautiful eagle,'' said Perez. ``It's expected to survive.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1 -- color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour SAC and Simi) Veterinarian Larry Bosma and technician Linda Kobel handle a golden eagle brought in to Bosma's Lancaster clinic. (2 -- color in SAC and Simi) The bird suffered a cut under its left wing, along with neurological and spinal injuries Monday. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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