One-Winged Eagle Getting New Home At Detroit Zoo

ROYAL OAK, MI – Mr. America is getting a new home: The Detroit Zoo. The bald eagle, who was found injured in April in southern Indiana, has been nursed back to health by a wildlife rescuer Angel Lange.

The eagle, who apparently flew into a power line, was badly injured and has to have a wing amputated, according to a report in the Vincennes Sun-Commercial in Vincennes, Indiana.

Federal law allows an eagle to remain in a rescuer’s care only 180 days before it must be released or moved to a permanent home, according to media reports. Federal wildlife officials chose to move the raptor to the Detroit Zoo.

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