Mar 25th, 2024 - Flaco, the escaped Eurasian eagle-owl that died from crashing into a building on the Upper West Side this past February had "severe" pigeon herpesvirus in his system from eating feral pigeons, as well as four different rodenticides in his system. These underlying factors are being described as "debilitating and ultimately fatal” conditions.
Flaco survived for more than a year on his own in NYC, but it wasn't expected that he would have lived the full life expectancy of a Eurasian eagle owl up against the urban challenges of NYC.
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