At least 13 bald eagles were likely poisoned when they ate the carcasses of euthanized animals improperly dumped at a Minnesota landfill, and wildlife officials are investigating. Three of the eagles have died and 10 are being treated at a raptor center.
that state and federal wildlife officials are investigating after the eagles were found this month near the Pine Bend Landfill in the Minneapolis suburb of Inver Grove Heights.
Ten of the birds are in intensive care at the University of Minnesota Raptor Center. The center’s executive director Victoria Hall said she is optimistic those birds will recover. Hall said when the eagles were found some of them were lying motionless, face down in the snow, and Raptor Center workers weren’t sure if they were still alive. 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.
Of the 11 eagles that were brought to The Raptor Center, three also had lead poisoning and one eagle that was found tohas been set up to help pay for the eagles’ care.
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