{"id":123770,"date":"2026-01-15T03:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T03:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/123770\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T03:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T03:18:14","slug":"sick-bald-eagle-dies-after-weeks-of-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/123770\/","title":{"rendered":"Sick bald eagle dies after weeks of care"},"content":{"rendered":"

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM<\/a>) \u2014 The lethargic eagle the El Paso Zoo veterinary team is taking care of, has died, according to a Facebook post<\/a> on Thursday, Jan. 14.<\/p>\n

As KTSM previously reported, the zoo\u2019s veterinary team was taking care of a sick bald eagle from New Mexico back in December 2025. A good Samaritan reported the bird first to the Gila Wildlife Rescue in Silver City.<\/p>\n

El Paso Zoo aids lethargic bald eagle <\/a><\/p>\n

Medical staff stated that the bird was \u201cextremely thin\u201d and anemic.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite more than a week of intensive veterinary treatment for severe emaciation and suspected lead exposure (pending confirmation), his condition was too critical to overcome,\u201d read the Facebook post.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re grateful for the community\u2019s support as our team works to care for injured, sick, and orphaned raptors and connect El Pasoans to nature,\u201d the team said.<\/p>\n

Donations for the El Paso Zoo\u2019s Rehabilitation Program can be made through the Paso del Norte Community Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cEl Paso Zoo celebrates the value of animals and natural resources. It creates opportunities for people to rediscover their connection to nature,\u201d the post ended.<\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n

For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2014 The lethargic eagle the El Paso Zoo veterinary team is taking care of,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[48307,138,140,139,31765,53630,48308],"class_list":["post-123770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-bald-eagle","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-el-paso-zoo","tag-gila-wildlife-rescue","tag-veterinary-team"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}