Official Dorothy Parker Site Since 1998
Independence Day came a few days early for the American Bald Eagle named Dorothy Parker. Following seven months of rehabilitation after being shot in rural Missouri, the new veterinarian who saved her life released the eagle back into the wild on June 27. The eagle was shot in late November. Officers from the Missouri Department…
In late November a shotgun-toting schmuck took shots at an American Bald Eagle in rural Missouri. She was wounded in her leg and wing, coming down in a cornfield northwest of Granville, in Monroe County. Quick-thinking by the landowner drew agents from the Missouri Department of Conservation to rescue the bird. Although bald eagles are…