Did You Know....?

Messiah, an adult male, was hatched at a zoo in Texas and transferred to a falconer in Idaho at two weeks of age.  Raised as a human imprint, he was flown as a falconry bird for ten years, until a wing injury grounded him. Damage to the muscle in his right shoulder prevented sustained flight and flying up.  He was transferred to CRC in April 1999. We lost him to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease in January 2006.