On April 4th, Humbodlt Wildlife Care Center admitted a Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) who’d been found with an injured wing struggling on a gravel bar of the Klamath River, not far from Happy Camp, deep in the mountains of Northern California.
We suspected a fracture in one of the huge raptor’s wrists, – a fracture of a carpal bone. After making sure the Eagle was stable we arranged for transport to BAX co-founder and co-director, and excellent avian orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Shannon Riggs, DVM, who is Director of Animal Services at Pacific Wildlife Care in Morro Bay.
For the story of this wild neighbor’s care and eventual return to home on the Klamath River, check out this video!
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