'Injured' bald eagle at Missouri national park was 'too fat to fly'

Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A supposedly "injured" bald eagle rescued from a national park in Missouri was found to be merely "too fat to fly" after eating a bit too much raccoon.

The official Facebook page for Wilson's Creek National Battlefield posted that Missouri Department of Conservation officers were summoned to the edge of the park to capture a bald eagle that was "originally reported to be injured."

The post said the eagle "was found to be healthy but engorged with raccoon -- in other words, too fat to fly."

The Dickerson Park Zoo took X-rays of the eagle, which revealed a recent meal of what appeared to be a fairly large roadkill raccoon.

"The eagle has been rehabilitated and released back into the park," the post said.