Due to budgetary, facility and manning difficulties at multiple avian rehabilitation centers in Alaska, it has become necessary for the American Bald Eagle Foundation to modify its protocol for accepting injured birds.
These centers are pushed to their limit attempting to provide rehabilitation for the large number of birds being brought in; therefore, effective July 1, 2013 the ABEF has established the following protocol:
Only “true raptors,” i.e., eagles, falcons, hawks and owls will be…

