MIAMI (CBSMiami) – One of the chicks born to bald eagles “Ron” and “Rita” required help from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.
Last week one of the young eagles, known as R1, successfully flew from the nest and R2 was ready to follow at any moment.
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On Friday night, those monitoring the eagle cam noticed a large quantity of monofilament line in the nest.
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Some of the line had wrapped around one of the feet of R2, preventing it from leaving the nest and potentially causing serious injury or death, according to ZooMiami officials.
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Miami-Dade Fire Rescue was then contacted to free the eaglet and remove the potentially deadly monofilament line.
