Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl whose escape from the Central Park Zoo and subsequent life on the free in Manhattan captured the general public’s consideration, died Friday night time after apparently placing a constructing on the Higher West Facet, officers stated.
The Wildlife Conservation Society, which operates the zoo, stated in a press release that Flaco had been discovered on the bottom after hitting a constructing on West 89th Avenue.
Constructing residents contacted the Wild Hen Fund, a rescue group, whose workers members responded rapidly, retrieved him and declared him lifeless a short while later, the society stated.
Zoo staff took him to the Bronx Zoo, the place a necropsy will probably be carried out to find out the reason for demise. He would have turned 14 subsequent month.
Flaco’s yr as a free hen started on the evening of Feb. 2, 2023, when somebody shredded the mesh on the modest enclosure the place he had lived practically his complete life. The police stated in January that no arrests had been made and that the investigation was persevering with.
“The vandal who broken Flaco’s exhibit jeopardized the security of the hen and is finally accountable for his demise,” the Wildlife Conservation Society stated in its assertion. “We’re nonetheless hopeful that the N.Y.P.D., which is investigating the vandalism, will finally make an arrest.”
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