"JACKSON, Wyo. – Meghan Warren grabbed the bald eagle’s legs with thick leather gloves to secure its powerful talons. With her other hand, she pinned the bird’s wings before they could unfold to a six-foot span.

As Warren slowly removed the ailing eagle from an oxygen chamber at the animal hospital, the bird suddenly awakened from a stupor. He snapped his yellow hooked beak, puncturing her right cheek. Blood trickled down her face.

“Oh my God!” shouted a veterinary technician, who jumped back."

Kenneth R. Weiss reports August 29, 2014, for Environmental Health News in Part 5 of its "Winged Warnings" series. [2]

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