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Photos: Baby bald eagle returned to nest after surgery to remove fish hook from stomach

The youngest in a trio of bald eaglets hatched from a nest at the U.S. Steel Plant just outside Pittsburgh recently had surgery after swallowing a fish hook. U.S. Steel Irvin in West Mifflin, ...
UPI

Baby eagle returns to nest after surgery to remove fish hook

May 1 (UPI) --A 2-week-old baby bald eagle is back in a Pennsylvania nest with its family after undergoing surgery to remove a fish hook from its stomach. The West Virginia-based Avian Conservation ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Virginia Aquarium staff performs surgery on loggerhead turtle to remove fishing hook

VIRGINIA BEACH — Animal care staff at the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center were kept busy Thursday morning. The crew spent most of the morning performing surgery to remove a hook from the ...
WGAL

Bald eagle chick recovering after surgery to remove fish hook in Pennsylvania

A two-week-old bald eagle chick nesting in western Pennsylvania is recovering after emergency surgery to remove a fish hook from its stomach. Volunteers monitoring a camera at the U.S. Steel plant in ...
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A sea turtle swallowed 20 fishing hooks. Only a procedure meant for humans could save her

When Sophia, a 114-pound loggerhead sea turtle, arrived at East Coast Zoological Foundation’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Center at Brevard Zoo, she had more than 20 fishing hooks lodged in her ...
The Garden Island

Endangered Hawaiian monk seal recovering after surgery to remove fish hook

LIHU‘E — The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration Fisheries (NOAA) announced on Tuesday that endangered Hawaiian monk seal RS10 is back home on Kaua‘i due to community volunteers and joint ...