{"id":652474,"date":"2026-05-19T14:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T14:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/652474\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T14:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T14:10:10","slug":"eagle-reunited-with-family-after-fishing-hook-injury-in-lancaster-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/652474\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagle reunited with family after fishing hook injury in Lancaster County"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWEDNESDAY. AND THAT\u2019S WHY WEDNESDAY IS AN IMPACT DAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WELL, TONIGHT AN EAGLE IS BACK IN THE WILD AFTER IT GOT A FISH HOOK STUCK IN ITS BEAK. THE EAGLE FELL OUT OF A NEST SUNDAY MORNING IN WEST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY. THREE MONTH OLD EAGLE HAD A FISHING HOOK FROM A FISH. SHE WAS EATING IN HER BEAK. AND THEN THE HOOK ALSO GOT IN HER TALON, RAVEN RIDGE WILDLIFE CENTER. THEY TOOK CARE OF THE EAGLE. THEY\u2019RE KNOWN FOR TAKING CARE OF BIRDS OF PREY, AND THEY GAVE HER A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH. SO GOOD NEWS HERE. NOW THE EAGLE IS BACK WITH ITS MOTHER AND ALSO ITS SIBLING. AND CREWS RETURNED HER AROUND 8:00 LAST NIGHT. SO SHE\u2019S BACK WHERE SHE\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Eagle reunited with family after fishing hook injury in Lancaster County<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 6:44 PM EDT May 18, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA three-month-old eagle in West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, has been reunited with its family after recovering from injuries caused by a fishing hook. The eagle fell out of its nest Sunday morning with a fishing hook stuck in its beak and talon. The hook came from a fish the eagle was eating. Raven Ridge Wildlife Center cared for the eagle and gave it a clean bill of health. Crews returned the eagle to its mother and sibling around 8 p.m. Sunday.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tWEST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP, Pa. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

A three-month-old eagle in West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, has been reunited with its family after recovering from injuries caused by a fishing hook. <\/p>\n

The eagle fell out of its nest Sunday morning with a fishing hook stuck in its beak and talon. The hook came from a fish the eagle was eating. <\/p>\n

Raven Ridge Wildlife Center cared for the eagle and gave it a clean bill of health. <\/p>\n

Crews returned the eagle to its mother and sibling around 8 p.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEDNESDAY. AND THAT\u2019S WHY WEDNESDAY IS AN IMPACT DAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WELL, TONIGHT AN EAGLE IS…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":652475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[281378,281379,22212,11751,281373,3006,18211,281374,281375,97,22326,15389,281380,53225,17618,79,281377,281376,281372,201],"class_list":["post-652474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-beak","tag-clean-bill","tag-crew","tag-eagle","tag-eagle-reunited-with-family","tag-family","tag-fish","tag-fishing-hook-injury","tag-fishing-hook-stuck-in-its-beak-and-talon","tag-health","tag-lancaster-county","tag-mother","tag-nest-sunday-morning","tag-p-m-sunday","tag-raven-ridge-wildlife-center","tag-science","tag-talon","tag-three-month-old-eagle","tag-west-lampeter-township","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652474","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=652474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}