Air Force Academy Mascot Suffered 'Life-Threatening Injuries' During West Point Prank
One of the Air Force Academy’s live falcon mascots sustained “life-threatening injuries” after it was stolen from an Air Force colonel’s home as part of a prank by West Point cadets ahead of the Army-Air Force football game on Saturday, the Colorado Gazette reports.
Aurora, a 22-year-old white gyrfalcon that’s one of the Air Force Academy’s half-dozen live mascots, had both of its wings injured “while being kept by Army cadets” after disappearing from his coop on Saturday, according to the Gazette — injuries that may necessitate euthanasia due to the falcon’s “advanced age.”
“USAFA mascot Aurora was injured over the weekend and is being transported back to Colorado,” Lt. Col Tracy Bunko, an academy spokeswoman, told the Gazette in a statement. “We have specialists at the academy who have the best training and facilities for her care. She is part of our academy family and we are all hoping for her full and speedy recovery.”
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