{"id":465786,"date":"2026-02-13T07:19:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T07:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/465786\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T07:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T07:19:12","slug":"injured-bald-eagle-found-near-west-highway-126-fog-line-dies-despite-rescue-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/465786\/","title":{"rendered":"Injured bald eagle found near West Highway 126 fog line dies despite rescue efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BEND, Ore. (KATU) \u2014 On Wednesday, February 11, a Deschutes County deputy and two Animal Control Officers worked to save a bald eagle that was reported laying near the fog line of West Highway 126.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE | <a href=\"https:\/\/katu.com\/news\/local\/southeast-portlands-leach-botanical-garden-to-cut-staff-hours-amid-450000-shortfall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Leach Botanical Garden needs $50,000 a month to stay open after city funding ends<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeputy Steinbrecher arrived to find the eagle alive but injured, and Animal Control Officers White and Plamondon quickly joined to safely capture and transport the bird to Think Wild for care,\u201d Deschutes County Sheriff\u2019s Office (DCSO) said in a post on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say that despite every effort being made, the eagle\u2019s injuries were too severe. <\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>JOIN THE CONVERSATION (19)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the outcome is heartbreaking, this moment reminds us of the critical work our Animal Control team does every day, ready to help both wild and domestic animals in need,\u201d DCSO said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BEND, Ore. (KATU) \u2014 On Wednesday, February 11, a Deschutes County deputy and two Animal Control Officers worked&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-465786","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}