RCMP swoop in and help save injured red tailed hawk

Posted Jul 29, 2013 03:45:14 PM.

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A red tailed hawk is recovering at a wildlife rehabilitation centre after the Mounties in Nova Scotia swooped in to save the injured bird.

R-C-M-P say they were called to Highway 101 near Halifax on Saturday after the hawk was hit by a passing vehicle, breaking its wings and causing serious head trauma.

Two officers wrapped the hawk in a jacket and it was brought to the Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre.

It’s expected to make a full recovery and will be released in the same area that it was found.

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