A
clip of the incredible rescue of a bald eagle caught in a hunting trap in
Canada has gone viral
By Telegraph
Video, video source Storyful Pro / Facebook / Michael Fletcher
9:47AM
GMT 28 Nov 2015
A
video showing two Canadian men rescuing a bald eagle from a trap in Ontario, Canada, has gone viral in recent days,
receiving thousands of views since it was posted on November 24.
Brothers
Michael and Neil Fletcher were hunting near the town of Dowling, when they came
across an eagle caught in a trap.
According
to the brothers, the eagle had caught one of its talons in a claw trap used by
fur trappers.
"It
was attached to a stake and the eagle was trying to fly up, but it only had a
foot of slack in the chain," Michael said.
Speaking
to cba.ca Neil said, “It was relieving to see that it was still alive. I knew
we had to do something right away.”
“At
first the eagle was a bit nervous to have my brother and myself there… as soon
as he realised we were trying to help he kind of calmed down a little bit. His
head would kind of move back and forth to look at us, but that was the most
he’d do,” he said.
Once
the eagle was freed from the trap, the pair posed for a quick selfie before
sending the bird of prey on his way.
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