DALLAS -- A North Texas rehabilitation hospital opened its doors to a rare patient earlier this month: an injured, 7-pound bald eagle in need of fish.
The Blackland Prairie Raptor Center is a conservation nonprofit located in Lucas, in northeast Collin County, that tends to wounded birds. Every once in a while, bald eagles will be admitted into the facility’s hospital for rehab, said Annamarie Saavedra, its executive director.
More than two weeks ago, Lorenzo Carbajal was fishing at Lake Tawakoni in East Texas when he heard an animal making noise in the distance. Carbajal made his way to the sound, and spotted an eagle entangled in fishing lines, flailing around in the water.
