The bald eagle is the national bird and symbol of the United States. In 1782, the Continental Congress adopted the bald eagle ...

A bald eagle was shot in the beak. A care team in Missouri is hopeful it can be saved ...

A bald eagle that was found with gunshot wounds to the upper beak and left wing sits quietly as it recovers in a cage in a rehab center at the World Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park, Mo., Monday, Aug ...

A bald eagle is slowly recovering after surgeries in Missouri, the victim of a shooting that experts say is far too common for America's national bird and other raptors.

Animals A bald eagle was shot in the beak. A care team in Missouri is hopeful it can be saved The eagle is among six big raptors treated for gunshot wounds this year alone at the World Bird Sanctuary.

A bald eagle that was found with gunshot wounds to the upper beak and left wing sits quietly as it recovers in a cage in a rehab center at the World Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park, Mo., Monday, Aug ...

VALLEY PARK, Mo. (AP) — A bald eagle is slowly recovering after surgeries in Missouri, the victim of a shooting that experts say is far too common for America's national bird and other raptors.

A bald eagle is slowly recovering from surgeries after it was shot in Missouri.

A bald eagle that was found with gunshot wounds to the upper beak and left wing sits quietly as it recovers in a cage in a rehab center at the World Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park, Mo., Monday, Aug ...

A bald eagle that was found with gunshot wounds to the upper beak and left wing sits quietly as it recovers in a cage in a rehab center at the World Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park, Mo., Monday, Aug ...

A radiograph provided by World Bird Sanctuary shows the beak injury to a bald eagle that is recuperating after surgeries at the World Bird Sanctuary in suburban St. Louis. The eagle was found in ...