{"id":808583,"date":"2026-08-10T03:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T03:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/808583\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T03:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T03:56:09","slug":"big-bear-bald-eagle-jackie-in-critical-unstable-condition-after-incredibly-difficult-day-california-veterinary-center-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/808583\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Bear bald eagle Jackie in critical, unstable condition after &#8220;incredibly difficult&#8221; day, California veterinary center says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jackie, the bald eagle famous for raising several eaglets in Big Bear with her partner Shadow, is in critical and unstable condition as veterinary teams <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/losangeles\/news\/bald-eagle-jackie-critical-intensive-care-ojai-raptor-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">continue to care for her<\/a> in Ventura County.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The past 24 hours have been incredibly difficult,&#8221; the Ojai Raptor Center said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theojairaptorcenter\/posts\/pfbid0ah9YtncTehhJtU3SwK7bRNHKFxVfX9raUYgP9LrfaJLeGbnt8RwD3W5kfc7otVMtl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">post to Facebook<\/a> on Sunday afternoon. &#8220;[Jackie] remains critically ill, and her condition is currently unstable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The bald eagle has been in Ojai Raptor Center&#8217;s care for three weeks after she\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/losangeles\/news\/big-bear-bald-eagle-jackie-shadow-injured-rescue-los-angeles-county-parks-san-dimas-raptor-rescue\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was rescued following a fight\u00a0<\/a>with two other eagles. She subsequently fell ill, with the center describing her as anemic.<\/p>\n<p>Jackie&#8217;s packed cell volume was as low as 6% on Saturday. It rose to 9% on Sunday, the center said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While this is a small improvement, her PCV remains critically low and her overall condition remains extremely serious,&#8221; the center said.<\/p>\n<p>As recently as a couple of weeks ago, her PCV was 17%.<\/p>\n<p>Ojai Raptor Center said there were no further updates on her health.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our entire focus remains on [Jackie&#8217;s] welfare and providing the care she needs,&#8221; the center said. &#8220;Every decision continues to be guided by her medical condition and what is in her best interest.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jackie, the bald eagle famous for raising several eaglets in Big Bear with her partner Shadow, is in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":808584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-808583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808583","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=808583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/808584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}