The bald eagle is a symbol of American pride and strength.
But sometimes even the strong need help. And that’s exactly what happened to a beautiful bald eagle in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Officials with Fairbanks Airport Police i Firefighters were alerted on Good Samaritan Sunday that a young golden eagle needed help after it was found frozen under the snow.
Authorities said the eagle was found “frozen and unable to fly.”
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Police then requested the assistance of the Alaska Predator Center. The organization advised them that it would be best to secure the bird in the back seat of the patrol car to help it thaw.
In a Facebook post, police officers said young eagle was “resting peacefully in a dark, quiet corner of the station” and was picked up by a representative of Alaska Fish & Game and the US Fish & Wildlife Service, who assessed the bird’s condition.
The next day, Fairbanks Airport Police released a video of the raptor returning to the wild.
“After resting quietly in the Chief’s bay cabin, feeding on salmon fillets and fatty steak and drying off, our little guy/girl seemed ready to fly the coop (pun intended),” the department wrote on Facebook. .
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The department called eagle’s release “THE BEST END EVER.” Police said they would have liked to keep the bird as their mascot, but released it so it could “do all the fun raptor things.”
According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of Agriculture Wildlife Conservation Service and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the bald eagle’s physical condition was fine after warming up inside.
The bird flew away and showed no signs of struggle.
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The person who called for help remained anonymous, but officials thanked the good Samaritan for helping save the young bald eagle.
In December, President Biden signed a bill officially declaring the crusading eagle the national bird.
The bald eagle, which has been on the Great Seal of the United States since 1782 and has its own holiday and protection act, technically it never got the title of “national bird”.
