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2 Eagles found shot in OR!!!!!! If I were you guys down there in Oregon I would try to find out who these guys are!
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2 eagles die in Oregon, victims of gunshots
One bird died and the other had to be euthanized.
Authorities are trying to track down the person or persons who shot two eagles in Eastern Oregon in recent weeks.
By The Associated Press
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PENDLETON, Ore. The first eagle was found in the snow, its wings spread far and wide, feathers scattered about its body.
Jennifer Merritt and her boyfriend T.O. Farwell saw the bird, just off the side of the road, while they were driving from Heppner to Pendleton last week. "He was shot pretty bad," Merritt said.
Farwell scooped up the broken raptor into the car and took it to Lynn Tompkins at the Blue Mountain Wildlife rehabilitation center in Pendleton.
Somebody, Tompkins figures, shot the bird with a high-powered rifle, most likely while it was perching.
She did what she could for it, but the eagle died that night.
"The bullet had basically destroyed one knee joint and grazed the side and hit the wing between the wrist and elbow," she said. "The bird was never going to fly again."
That same day there was report of another eagle. Tompkins asked a state biologist to find it the following day.
When the biologist returned, Tompkins found herself dealing with a second rifle shot. "I thought that bird had been hit by a car when I first got it."
Tompkins unwound the raptor's shattered and frozen wing. She found a hole in its fragile body; two and a half inches of bone had been stolen by the bullet. Tompkins euthanized the eagle.
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2 eagles die in Oregon, victims of gunshots
One bird died and the other had to be euthanized.
Authorities are trying to track down the person or persons who shot two eagles in Eastern Oregon in recent weeks.
By The Associated Press
Map data ©2008 Tele Atlas - Terms of Use
See more mapped stories
PENDLETON, Ore. The first eagle was found in the snow, its wings spread far and wide, feathers scattered about its body.
Jennifer Merritt and her boyfriend T.O. Farwell saw the bird, just off the side of the road, while they were driving from Heppner to Pendleton last week. "He was shot pretty bad," Merritt said.
Farwell scooped up the broken raptor into the car and took it to Lynn Tompkins at the Blue Mountain Wildlife rehabilitation center in Pendleton.
Somebody, Tompkins figures, shot the bird with a high-powered rifle, most likely while it was perching.
She did what she could for it, but the eagle died that night.
"The bullet had basically destroyed one knee joint and grazed the side and hit the wing between the wrist and elbow," she said. "The bird was never going to fly again."
That same day there was report of another eagle. Tompkins asked a state biologist to find it the following day.
When the biologist returned, Tompkins found herself dealing with a second rifle shot. "I thought that bird had been hit by a car when I first got it."
Tompkins unwound the raptor's shattered and frozen wing. She found a hole in its fragile body; two and a half inches of bone had been stolen by the bullet. Tompkins euthanized the eagle.