Concern Grows For Bald Eagle With Talon Caught In Trap

BONNEAUVILLE, Pa. (AP) - Bird-welfare volunteers are trying to locate a bald eagle that's been photographed in Pennsylvania with a leg-hold trap clamped to a talon.

Wildlife rehabilitator Wendy Ebersole Looker told The York Dispatch on Tuesday she will care for the injured raptor if it can be caught.

The bird was photographed Sunday in Bonneauville, a town about five miles from Gettysburg in south-central Pennsylvania.

The photographer, Susan Boardman, says she watched the eagle on the ground for about 10 minutes before seeing the leg trap, attached a long chain, when it started to fly away.

Boardman says the eagle appeared to struggle to fly.

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Looker says eagles need their talons to hunt, eat, perch and defend themselves. She tells the newspaper infection could be a problem.

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