The remains of Flaco, the beloved owl who escaped from the Central Park Zoo, have been archived at the Bronx Zoo's Wildlife Health Center.
NEW YORK -- The Wildlife Conservation Society has released new details about what is being done with the remains of Flaco, the beloved Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped the Central Park Zoo in 2023.Flaco died back in February after he collided with a building.Where are Flaco's remains?According to the WCS, Flaco's wings were sent to the American Museum of Natural History, along with tissue samples.
The 13-year-old owl eluded all attempts to capture him and spent a year flying free around Manhattan, but in late February, Flaco was found unresponsive after apparently colliding with a building on West 89th Street.The WCS said postmortem testing found that in addition to suffering traumatic injuries from the collision, Flaco had four kinds of rat poison in his system and had contracted a severe case of 'pigeon herpesvirus' from eating feral pigeons.
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