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Poisoned Hawk Found By Hiker In Lower Merion Township: Police Poisoned Hawk Found By Hiker In Lower Merion Township: Police
Poisoned Hawk Found By Hiker In Lower Merion Township: Police A red-tailed hawk that was suffering after being poisoned was rescued in Lower Merion Township, according to police. Officers responded to a call about a hawk that was in distress in a wooded area of Gladwyne, the Lower Merion Township Police Department said in a Facebook post on Tuesday, Oct. 15. Officer Brian Devlin, the department's Animal Warden, confirmed to Daily Voice that he was involved in rescuing the hawk on Wednesday, Sept. 25. A hiker on the Winsor Trail initially found the bird and reported it, according to Devlin. The animal was unable to fly and appeared to be in distress. …

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by Merriell Moyer
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Real Groundhog Found Playing In Claw Machine At PA Arcade Real Groundhog Found Playing In Claw Machine At PA Arcade
Real Groundhog Found Playing In Claw Machine At PA Arcade An arcade in Pennsylvania had a very Pennsylvanian problem with a claw machine, the Game Commission announced on Wednesday, Aug. 7. A groundhog appeared to be cuddling up to some stuffed animals and admiring himself in a mirror inside a claw on Tuesday, Aug. 6, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission-Southcentral Region.  As the commission put it: "Who doesn’t love the claw machine game? They have the best prizes! From a cute stuffed animal to a football, or maybe rubber duckies, or a groundhog… wait, a WHAT?" The unusual “prize” inside one of the claw machine games at Mea…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Officers Recuse Bald Eagle At Lebanon City Park, Police Say Officers Recuse Bald Eagle At Lebanon City Park, Police Say
Officers Recuse Bald Eagle At Lebanon City Park, Police Say A symbol of America was rescued in a Lebanon City park on Friday, March 8, city police announced that evening.  Officers with the city police had been called to Coleman's Park for a report of an injured animal.  They arrived to find the hurt bald eagle. Details about the bird's injuries are what time this happened weren't released.  "The bald eagle was secured and will be transported to an Eagle rescue for treatment and recovery," the police said in a release at 5:33 p.m. Two members of the hawk family were rescued by Pennsylvania State Police in February. Click here to rea…

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by Jillian Pikora