Flaco, Central Park Zoo owl who had been flying free for a year, has died
Flaco, the famous Central Park Zoo owl who went missing after a vandal tampered with the bird's exhibit more than a year ago, died Friday, zoo officials said.
Flaco, the famous Central Park Zoo owl who went missing after a vandal tampered with the bird's exhibit more than a year ago, died Friday, zoo officials said.
The owl struck a building in Manhattan's Upper West Side, not far from Central Park, the zoo said in a statement shared by the Wildlife Conservation Society, which operates it.
People in the building contacted the World Bird Fund, and members of the rehabilitation center picked up the unresponsive bird around 7 p.m., the zoo said.
Flaco was declared dead shortly afterward and transferred to the Bronx Zoo for a necropsy. On Saturday, the Central Park Zoo released a statement on initial findings, which it said are consistent with "death due to acute traumatic injury," such as hitting a building.
"The main impact appears to have been to the body," it said.
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