Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials rescued a golden eagle found after a car crash.
CPW officials said officer Ben Meier spotted the female eagle near a wreck along US 24 in southeastern Colorado on Wednesday.
The giant bird appeared to be quite a handful but Meier managed to bring it in for evaluation.
Ben Meier @COParksWildlife officer saw juvenile eagle along US 24 near a wreck in driving rain. Meier rescued eagle for eval and release. pic.twitter.com/8dtROvByBn
— CPW SE Region (@CPW_SE) July 19, 2017
CPW officials later said the eagle was rescued “from [a] car wreck” in the “driving rain.”
We contacted officials to ask whether the bird had been in the vehicle, or was hit by a vehicle, or was injured in some other way.
“Ben suspected it was involved in the wreck but there was no witness,” officials said.
A juvenile eagle rests in a kennel after being rescued from car wreck along US 24 in driving rain by @COParksWildlife ofc Ben Meier. Save! pic.twitter.com/zqPvqRD82z
— CPW SE Region (@CPW_SE) July 19, 2017
The eagle was sent to a raptor rehab center in Pueblo, CPW officials said.
