The bald eagle is a symbol of American pride and strength.
But sometimes even the strong need a helping hand. And that’s exactly what happened to a beautiful bald eagle in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Officers with the Fairbanks Airport Police and firefighters were alerted Sunday by a Good Samaritan that a young bald eagle needed help after it was found frozen under the snow.
According to authorities, the eagle was “found frozen and unable to fly.”
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Police then called for help from the Alaska Raptor Center. The organization advised them that it was best to secure the bird in the backseat of a patrol car to help it thaw.
Officers said this in a message on Facebook the young eagle was “resting peacefully in a dark, quiet corner of the station” and was retrieved by a representative of the Alaska Fish & Game and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, who assessed the bird’s condition.
The next day, Fairbanks Airport police released a video showing the raptor returning to the wild.
“After resting peacefully in a kennel in Chief’s Bay, being fed salmon fillets and fatty steak, and getting completely dried out, our little man/woman looked ready to leave the coop (pun intended),” wrote the department on Facebook.
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The department called the eagle’s release the “BEST END EVER.” Police said they would have liked to keep the bird as a mascot, but they released it so it could “do all the fun bird of prey things.”
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service US Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game said the bald eagle’s physical condition was in excellent condition after being warmed indoors.
The bird fled and showed no signs of struggling.
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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 making the bald eagle the national bird.
The bald eagle, which has appeared on the Great Seal of the United States since 1782 and is its own holiday and protection law, was never technically given the title of “national bird”.
