Ten bald eagles likely poisoned after scavenging on the carcasses of euthanized animals are expected to recover, the University of Minnesota Raptor Center said.
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Three bald eagles have died after at least 13 of the birds were likely poisoned from scavenging the carcasses of euthanized animals that were dumped at aThe eagles were found last week near the Pine Bend Landfill in the Minneapolis suburb of Inver Grove Heights, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.University of Minnesota Raptor Center,Its medical staff determined the bird was likely suffering from pentobarbital poisoning, the primary agent used in euthanasia solution.
The center was alerted about a second eagle found in similar condition at the landfill the following day. However, volunteers arrived and discoveredTen of the birds remained in intensive care at the Raptor Center. The center's executive director Victoria Hall told the paper she is optimistic those birds will recover.
In this undated photo provided by The Raptor Center, two bald eagles likely poisoned by scavenging the carcasses of euthanized animals that were improperly disposed of at a Minnesota landfill are seen in critical condition at the University of Minnesota's Raptor Center, in Minneapolis. Veterinarians suspect that the eagles that died had eaten part of a carcass of an animal that had been euthanized with pentobarbital, and investigators confirmed that some euthanized animals had been brought to the landfill on Dec. 2.
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