On a Saturday hike on the Sfonim cliff in Carmel, hikers noticed a young eagle standing on the ground and not flying.
The hikers called the representatives of the Nature and Parks Authority who came to the place to take care of the eagle.
It turns out that this is the last chick that bloomed in the country this year and broke its leg.
The chick arrived after multiple breeding attempts by a pair of eagles on the cliff.
The young eagle receives primary medical care, Photo: Sagit Horowitz
Eyal Cohen, director of the Carmel Park Nature and Parks Authority, said: "I received a report from the hikers about an eagle standing on the ground, I asked them to stay next to it until I arrived. "He did not even run away when we approached. Avishai caught the eagle and we took him for treatment and initial tests."
These days, the eagle is being treated at the Wildlife Hospital of the Nature and Parks Authority and the safari in Ramat Gan.
Dr. Yigal Horowitz, director of the hospital, reported that the eagle chick arrived in relatively good physical condition, but the first examination revealed that he had a fracture of the tibia in his left leg. He hopes that after he recovers and strengthens he will be able to return to nature.
Medical officials determine the young eagle's leg, Photo: Sagit Horowitz
"It is sad to see that after an effort on the part of the eagles to bring in a new chick, he was injured, but I hope that we will be able to treat him and return him to nature soon," said Yigal Miller, head of the breeding nucleus at the Nature and Parks Authority.
This year was a successful year in Carmel with the flowering of 8 chicks in the wild.
Compared to recent years where only 2-5 chicks have flowered per year.
