Suffield PD Updates Community on Bald Eagle Rescue

From Suffield Police Department: As a result of overwhelming interest expressed by the community and media alike in the care and wellbeing of this eagle, this update is provided.

On April 7, 2017, Suffield Police posted information on the department’s Facebook page regarding an injured bald eagle that had been located in town (see bottom of this release). The eagle was initially turned into the Suffield Police Department Animal Control by a Good Samaritan who had come across the injured bird.

Through collaboration with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement and the State of Connecticut Environmental Conservation Police (ENCON), the injured eagle found a safe temporary home at the Massachusetts Birds of Prey Rehab Facility in Conway, Massachusetts.

Now healed from the ten (10) wounds on its back, the eagle will returned to the wild on Friday April 14, 2017. Representatives from the Massachusetts Birds of Prey Rehab Facility will be joined by personnel of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement, the State of Connecticut Environmental Conservation Police, and the Suffield Police Department Animal Control Officer to facilitate this release. This return to the wild release will occur on the end of Canal Road at 10:00 a.m. (located off North Street (Rt. 159) just south of the Veteran’s Bridge (Route 190 bridge) into Enfield.

Community members, media representatives, and all others interested in attending are encouraged to park in the state parking lot located at the cul-de-sac of Canal Road.

The rescue and treatment of this majestic bird was made possible through the kindness of community member and the strong inter-agency partnership of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, CT. ENCON Police, and the Suffield Police Department.

Some construction workers in town noticed an obviously injured bald eagle. They notified us and we notified U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Connecticut State Environmental Conservation Police who came to assess the eagle. It was determined that she had a number of wounds on her back, which likely occurred from another eagle. She was then taken for treatment and rehabilitation. We have been notified that she is doing well and it looks like she will be released soon!

Prepared by Captain Christopher McKee, Suffield Police, CMcKee@SuffieldCT.gov

Image via the Suffied Police Department