{"id":307527,"date":"2025-11-22T18:24:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T18:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/307527\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T18:24:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T18:24:29","slug":"troopers-release-red-tailed-hawk-back-into-michigan-wild-after-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/307527\/","title":{"rendered":"Troopers release Red-Tailed Hawk back into Michigan wild after recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hawk released by same Houghton Post troopers who rescued him<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A young Red-Tailed Hawk has been released back into the wild after being rescued by Michigan State Police troopers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Troopers from the MSP Houghton Lake Post rescued the hawk on Oct. 15, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police said the hawk was found with a severe concussion and a ruptured air sac.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARKritters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARKritters\/\">Association to Rescue Kritters (A.R.K.)<\/a> provided care, and the hawk spent the last month recovering. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">On Thursday, Nov. 20, the hawk was released back into the wild by the same troopers who had rescued him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">You can watch the hawk being released back into the wild in the video at the top of this article. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2025 by WDIV 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