TOWN OF CADIZ - A bald eagle died from its injuries Tuesday after apparently being struck by a vehicle on Wisconsin 11 in the Town of Cadiz.
Green County Sheriff's deputies responded Tuesday morning to the injured eagle's location. The eagle was transported to the sheriff's department and then a veterinarian took it to the Dane County Humane Society Four Lakes Wildlife Center in Madison, said sheriff's executive assistant Pamela Young.
At the center, the eagle was found to have an extensive humeral fracture in its right wing that rendered it incapable of flight. Without the use of its wings, the eagle was incapable of returning to the wild and so had to be euthanized.
The Four Lakes Wildlife Center is dedicated to caring for injured, sick or orphaned wildlife in south central Wisconsin. The center accepts specimens of all wildlife species except for hoofed animals and raccoons.
Brooke Lewis, wildlife rehabilitation supervisor at the center, said only about three or four bald eagles are brought to the center in an average year. While some specimens are cases of traumatic injury, the majority of the cases arise from illness due to lead toxicity.
The sheriff's department said that large raptors such as bald eagles are too heavy to take flight swiftly and cannot maneuver as quickly as smaller birds.
Bald eagles were removed from the federal endangered species list in 2007. As of 2014, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources observed 1,279 occupied bald eagle nests in the state, three of which were in Green County.
Green County Sheriff's deputies responded Tuesday morning to the injured eagle's location. The eagle was transported to the sheriff's department and then a veterinarian took it to the Dane County Humane Society Four Lakes Wildlife Center in Madison, said sheriff's executive assistant Pamela Young.
At the center, the eagle was found to have an extensive humeral fracture in its right wing that rendered it incapable of flight. Without the use of its wings, the eagle was incapable of returning to the wild and so had to be euthanized.
The Four Lakes Wildlife Center is dedicated to caring for injured, sick or orphaned wildlife in south central Wisconsin. The center accepts specimens of all wildlife species except for hoofed animals and raccoons.
Brooke Lewis, wildlife rehabilitation supervisor at the center, said only about three or four bald eagles are brought to the center in an average year. While some specimens are cases of traumatic injury, the majority of the cases arise from illness due to lead toxicity.
The sheriff's department said that large raptors such as bald eagles are too heavy to take flight swiftly and cannot maneuver as quickly as smaller birds.
Bald eagles were removed from the federal endangered species list in 2007. As of 2014, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources observed 1,279 occupied bald eagle nests in the state, three of which were in Green County.