PUNTA GORDA, Fla. – A bald eagle that was nursed back to health by rescuers in Punta Gorda was released after spending nearly one year in captivity.
Volt, a bald eagle that was rescued about a year ago, was released at the Punta Gorda Nature Park at 10 a.m. Oct. 1.
A Peace River Wildlife Center rescuer and a boater fished Volt out of a canal after he was burned by a power line on November 12, 2019. Volt’s feathers on the entire left side of his body were singed. He also had black marks on the bottom of his feet.
““Internally, we didn’t know what we would find. There can be internal injuries along the path of the current, from the site of entry to where it exited. All the tissue and organs between those two sites can be destroyed immediately or the eagle could suffer insidious damage that manifests over the course of 24-48 hours after the initial injury,” said Robin Rollman Jenkins D.V.M.
Volt made a rapid recovery from his initial injuries and was sent to an off-site 100-foot flight cage while rescuers waited for his burned feathers to grow back.
The likelihood of an adult eagle surviving the injuries that Volt suffered is about 10 percent.
After nearly a year in captivity, Volt was ready for release, just in the nick of time for bald eagle mating season in Southwest Florida. He was released at the Punta Gorda Nature Park, which is close to where he was rescued.
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