Recently, Officers from @NYPDSpecialops Emergency Services Unit responded to a call for an injured red-tailed hawk. Thanks to their training an experience, they were able to safely transport the bird to @wildbirdfund to rehab a fractured wing. No fowl play was suspected. pic.twitter.com/BeS7QeRIv0— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) April 20, 2020
April 21 (UPI) -- Police in New York came to the rescue of a red-tailed hawk that ended up stranded on a highway median with an injured wing.
The New York Police Department tweeted video Monday showing a masked officer working to carefully grab the hawk and place it into an animal carrier in the middle of a busy highway.
Police took the raptor to the Wild Bird Fund, where officials said it is being treated for a fractured wing.
"Rex is a juvenile red-tailed hawk who got into trouble and fractured a bone in his left wing. Our rehabbers not only splinted his wing, but they thoughtfully gave him a stylish matching splint wrap," the organization tweeted.