Back in August, a game warden in Pennsylvania responded to a call about an animal trapped in a manure pit on a local farm. Approaching the smelly area, the warden found who he’d been looking for — a distressed red-tailed hawk stuck in the muck.
The officer carefully loaded the bird into a carrier and brought her to the safety of Raven Ridge Wildlife Center.
Animal experts at Raven Ridge held their breath and welcomed their stinky guest.
“I could smell the bird before I saw it,” rehabilitator Tracie Young told The Dodo.
Rescuers let the bird rest in a quarantine area for a few days before they set about the tricky task of washing the manure out of her feathers. They gave her pain medicine, fluids and antibiotics, along with plenty of food, which she gratefully gobbled.
After a few baths, the hawk’s feathers regained their former shine, and she began transforming back into her energetic self.
“The remarkable transformation we witnessed within just 24 hours was truly breathtaking,” Raven Ridge wrote in a Facebook post. “[T]he once forlorn bird was now resplendent and full of vigor.”
Soon enough, the hawk prepared for release back into the wild.
Watching the hawk soar away, Young wished the bird could’ve always known that she’d be OK.
“You want to tell them, ‘Now, do you see why we did what we had to do?’” Young said. “I know you were mad and everything else, but this was our goal, to get you back in the air once again.”
Owl Rescued From Pit Completely Transforms After A Few Days Of TLC
“You would never know it was the same owl.”
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Source: The Wall Street Journal
