<i>Victim of disappearing abode</i>
Locals rescued this eagle at Shibrampur village in Birganj upazila of Dinajpur district as the 19-kg bird received serious injuries, falling from a weak tree branch on Wednesday afternoon. Photo: STAR
Locals on Wednesday rescued a large eagle, fallen from a tree at Shibrampur village in Birganj upazila under the district in a critical state. Another injured eagle, rescued by the villagers in Chirirbandar upazila of Dinajpur on October 24, died at Ramsagar ecological park, on November 20 as it allegedly not did get proper treatment there. On Wednesday afternoon, a giant eagle tried to land on a branch of a jackfruit tree at Shibrampur village in Birganj upazila but fell to the ground after losing balance as the branch was too weak to bear the bird's weight, witnesses said. "While returning home from school, we saw the large bird fallen on the ground. We rescued it and found that the bird received critical injuries," said Khademul Islam, 10, son of Md Abdul Khaleque of the same village. The bird, now kept at the house of Kabir Mia, has lost its ability to fly due to the accident. "We are taking special care of the eagle but we really do not know how to look after such a giant bird, especially when it is badly injured," said Kabir Mia. Hundreds of people gathered at the house of Kabir Mia of the area to have a glimpse of the giant eagle weighting about 19kg. Md Samiuddin Ahmed, headmaster of Muraripur High School, and several other villagers contacted with forest officials, expressing willingness to hand over the bird to the authorities of Rangpur Zoo. Informed, Birganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer Zahedul Islam and Dinajpur Divisional Forest Officer Ali Kabir assured providing all-out cooperation in this regard. But 24 hours into rescue of the injured eagle, nobody came to receive it for treatment and safekeeping as of yesterday afternoon, said the villagers. The eagle that was rescued by villagers in Chirirbandar upazila on October 24 had also fallen from a tree branch while trying to land on it in the afternoon, locals said. Cutting of large trees indiscriminately in different rural areas creates problems for large sized birds, said a few elderly people. When large birds like eagle return to their shelters in big trees in the afternoon but find it felled, they try to land on the branches of other trees. Accidents may occur if a branch fails to tolerate the weight of large birds, said Md Hasem Ali, a bird lover of Dinajpur.
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