\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA bald eagle found grounded in Cape Coral is recovering at a Sanibel wildlife hospital after being diagnosed with a broken wing and lead poisoning.According to the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife, Inc. (CROW), a volunteer responded to a call about the downed eagle and brought the bird to the organization\u2019s Sanibel-based hospital. Veterinarians discovered the eagle had a fractured ulna, signs of lead toxicity and abrasions on its feet.CROW said the eagle is responding well to chelation therapy for the lead poisoning, and the abrasions are healing. Because the wing fracture had already begun forming a callus, the team is now focused on physical therapy and stabilization to help preserve its range of motion.Staff at the hospital will continue treatment over the coming weeks in hopes of a full recovery. Updates on the eagle\u2019s progress will be shared by CROW as the bird heals.DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202fGulf Coast News app\u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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A bald eagle found grounded in Cape Coral is recovering at a Sanibel wildlife hospital after being diagnosed with a broken wing and lead poisoning.<\/p>\n
According to the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife, Inc. (CROW), a volunteer responded to a call about the downed eagle and brought the bird to the organization\u2019s Sanibel-based hospital. Veterinarians discovered the eagle had a fractured ulna, signs of lead toxicity and abrasions on its feet.<\/p>\n
CROW said the eagle is responding well to chelation therapy for the lead poisoning, and the abrasions are healing. Because the wing fracture had already begun forming a callus, the team is now focused on physical therapy and stabilization to help preserve its range of motion.<\/p>\n
Staff at the hospital will continue treatment over the coming weeks in hopes of a full recovery. Updates on the eagle\u2019s progress will be shared by CROW<\/a> as the bird heals.<\/p>\n DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202fGulf Coast News app<\/a>\u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app<\/a> to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A bald eagle found grounded in Cape Coral is recovering at a Sanibel wildlife hospital after being diagnosed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":{"0":"post-92815","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}