NEW YORK (AP) — Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl who escaped from New York’s Central Park Zoo and became one of the city’s most beloved celebrities while flying around Manhattan, has died, it was announced Friday. those responsible for the zoo.
A little more than a year after he was released from his cage at the zoo in a criminal act that remains unsolved, Flaco appears to have crashed into an Upper West Side building, according to the center’s memo.
Workers from the Wild Bird Fund, a wildlife rehabilitation center, responded to the scene and declared Flaco dead shortly after the blow. He was taken to the Bronx Zoo for a necropsy.
Until now, Flaco had defied the odds by surviving in the urban jungle despite having spent his entire life in captivity.
It was known to appear unexpectedly in the windows of New Yorkers and birdwatchers tracked it throughout the Big Apple as it perched on buildings and water tanks.
“The vandal who damaged Flaco’s enclosure and endangered the animal’s safety is ultimately responsible for his death,” the Central Park Zoo said in its statement. “We remain confident that the NYPD is investigating the vandalism, make any arrests.”
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2024-02-24 05:37:11
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