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Injured hawk receiving care after rescue by Burnaby RCMP officer
The injured animal – a red-tailed hawk – is now in the care of OWL Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society in Delta. (Burnaby RCMP)
Mounties in Burnaby are thanking a member of the public who alerted an officer to an injured hawk in the middle of the road last week.
The incident happened just after 1 a.m. on June 4 near the intersection of Hall Avenue and Kingsway, Burnaby RCMP said in a news release Thursday.
The concerned citizen advised a front-line officer that the raptor was in the middle of the roadway and appeared to be injured.
'The hawk appeared to have been hit by a vehicle and the citizen was worried it was at risk of being hit again,' the release reads.
The officer found the bird suffering from a broken wing and an injured eye, according to police.
'After speaking to a conservation officer, and exhausting all local wildlife rehabilitation centers in the area, the officer transported the injured bird to an animal emergency clinic in Langley until a rehabilitation centre could take over,' the release reads.
The injured animal – a red-tailed hawk – is now in the care of OWL Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society in Delta.
'Burnaby RCMP would like to thank the citizen that alerted our officer of the injured bird, as well as the clinic in Langley for the temporary home, and of course, OWL Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society who have taken on the task of mending our new bird friend back to health,' police said.
