-PJ
P.S. If you live locally in Utah, donations can be made to help pay for Phoenix's care on-site at the Utah Wildlife Rehabilitation Center.
Monday, July 9, 2012
Golden Eagle Survives Wildfire
In my homeland of Utah, a young Golden Eagle recently survived after a wildfire scorched his body and destroyed his home. In Utah, the summertime is incredibly vulnerable to wildfires. Kent Keller, a wildlife conservationist who puts bands on juvenile eagles in order to track them and record a species' success, tagged soon-to-be-named Phoenix and released him to be back with his family on a mountainside in Utah county. Unfortunately, what is thought to be a gunshot sparked a fire near Saratoga Springs, which was considerably close to the young eagle's nest. The wildfire was thought to have scorched 5,500 acres of the county. After the blaze swept across the area, Keller went to locate the supposed Phoenix's body. There he found a familiar tagged-and not dead- eagle amongst the ashes of the burnt mountainside. Keller brought him back to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Ogden, where he was named Phoenix by his new caretakers. After lots of water, food, ointment and antibiotics, Phoenix is doing just fine. What a lucky eagle, to have survived something like that.
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P! Great post. I love this story.
ReplyDeleteConsider adding a link to the original article. I can show you how to fully cite a newspaper article if you like.
Also, it would be cool to have a link to the wildlife rehab center.
--super proud mom.
I wrote a post about a week ago. It didn't show up so I decided to re-write it. :)
ReplyDeleteBuddy, you are on a roll! You sound like a real newspaper reporter. These are important topics you have.
I do have some writing advice though. Where is the passion? Part of reporting is showing the facts and statistics to make the story valid, but the other part is the passion....the opinion, and the feeling about how absurd, ridonculas, (Yes I made that up!), and upset you are about the injustice and mistreatment of these animals. Be an advocate for the right through YOUR words and feelings. It will be the most powerful thing you can write!!!
So, I have a new project for you to research...did you know Sea World is not the greatest place on Earth. Dolphins are mistreated and they actually do not live as long as Sea World claims they do. They starve the dolphins so that they will come up to people. The clapping and yelling gives them kidney stones and they die within 3-5 years! Look it up! It will get ya going for sure! Looking forward to more, passionate articles. I want to hear YOUR voice in your writing. Or else it sounds like any other blow joe!
Jenny Rabe