- Three Olives
- Apr 10, 2005
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Don't forget Hitler's contributions to medicine.
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Hot Duck is gone.
Actually, he has been missing since March 2019, there is still hope for Hot Duck.
Flaco is dead though, he flew into a building.
NY Times posted:
Flaco, Escaped Central Park Zoo Owl and Defier of Doubts, Is Dead
Let loose by an act of vandalism, the Eurasian eagle-owl died after apparently striking an Upper West Side building, according to the zoo.
Flaco was freed from the Central Park Zoo by a vandal in February 2023, and his subsequent sightings captivated New York City.
By Ed Shanahan
Feb. 23, 2024, 10:50 p.m. ET
Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl whose escape from the Central Park Zoo and subsequent life on the loose in Manhattan captured the public’s attention, died Friday night after apparently striking a building on the Upper West Side, officials said.
The Wildlife Conservation Society, which operates the zoo, said in a statement that Flaco had been found on the ground after hitting a building on West 89th Street.
Building residents contacted the Wild Bird Fund, a rescue organization, whose staff members responded quickly, retrieved him and declared him dead a short time later, the society said.
Zoo employees took him to the Bronx Zoo, where a necropsy will be performed to determine the cause of death. He would have turned 14 next month.
Flaco’s life as a free bird began on the evening of Feb. 2, 2023, when someone shredded the mesh on the modest enclosure where he had lived nearly his entire life. The police said in January that no arrests had been made and that the investigation was continuing.
“The vandal who damaged Flaco’s exhibit jeopardized the safety of the bird and is ultimately responsible for his death,” the Wildlife Conservation Society said in its statement. “We are still hopeful that the N.Y.P.D., which is investigating the vandalism, will ultimately make an arrest.”
This is a developing story. It will be updated.
I think it is best that Flaco be remembered by their accomplishments, going from a "modest enclosure" to meeting his end in what I am choosing to believe is The St. Urban, a fine pre-war co-op doorman building.
RIP Flaco.
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- Three Olives
- Apr 10, 2005
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Don't forget Hitler's contributions to medicine.
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Flaco died as he lived, full of rat poison and being ravaged by pigeon herpes. 
NYT posted:
Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl whose escape from the Central Park Zoo and life on the loose captivated New York, had enough rat poison and pigeon virus in his system to kill him even if he had not died after apparently striking an Upper West Side building last month.
The finding, from a necropsy conducted by Bronx Zoo pathologists after Flaco’s death on Feb. 23, validated widespread concerns about the hazards he faced living as a free bird in Manhattan for just over a year. He would have turned 14 this month.
“Flaco’s severe illness and death are ultimately attributed to a combination of factors — infectious disease, toxin exposures and traumatic injuries — that underscore the hazards faced by wild birds, especially in an urban setting,” the Wildlife Conservation Society, which operates the Central Park and Bronx Zoos, said in a statement on Monday.
Initial necropsy findings released the day after what onlookers described as a deadly building strike suggested Flaco had sustained an acute traumatic injury to his body, with signs of substantial hemorrhage under his sternum and in his back near his liver.
There was also evidence of bleeding behind his left eye, but no signs of head trauma or broken bones, the society said. Flaco was in “good body condition,” with “good muscling” and “adequate fat stores.” He weighed 4.1 pounds at death, just one-tenth of a pound lighter than at his last weigh-in at the zoo.
The society said at the time of the initial findings that additional tests were needed to determine whether any underlying factors had contributed to his death.
In confirming the role of traumatic injuries, those tests found he had a severe pigeon herpesvirus, which the conservation society attributed to his eating feral pigeons.
The herpesvirus in question can be carried by healthy pigeons but may cause fatal disease in birds of prey, including owls that become infected by eating pigeons, the society said.
In Flaco’s case, the society said, the viral infection had caused severe tissue damage and inflammation in many organs, including the spleen, liver, gastrointestinal tract, bone marrow and brain.
Toxicity tests also determined that Flaco had been exposed to four different anticoagulant rodenticides that are commonly used for rat control in New York City.
Together, the conservation society said, the pigeon virus and rodenticide exposure “would have been debilitating and ultimately fatal, even without a traumatic injury, and may have predisposed him to flying into or falling from the building.”
No other contributing factors were identified through the extensive testing that was performed.
Toxicology tests also revealed trace amounts of DDE, a breakdown product of the pesticide DDT, which has been banned in the United States since the early 1970s. Although the levels detected did not contribute to Flaco’s death, the society said, the finding was a “reminder of the long legacy of DDT and its dire effects on wild bird populations.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/25/nyregion/flaco-owl-central-park-zoo-death-cause.html
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