CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : FRESNO : 2 Golden Eagles Stolen From Zoo
Two delicate golden eagles have been stolen from their cage at the Fresno Zoo. Officials, fearing that the thieves might try to set the birds free, warned that they cannot live in the wild. The U.S. Interior Department turned the birds over to the zoo 15 years ago because they had been hurt and could not fly. “If someone took them to turn them loose, then they should know those birds cannot make it on their own,” said Dr. Paul Chaffee, the zoo’s director. The thieves climbed a fence outside the bird cage and cut a door into the cage.
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