Army vet rescues bald eagle dangling upside down from a rope tree by mowing down branches w rifle [View all]

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Army veteran rescues bald eagle dangling upside down from a rope in 75-foot tree by 'mowing down the branches' with his rifle

Army veteran Jason Galvin rescued helpless bald eagle dangling from tree

Eagle had been hanging from the rope in the tree for more than two days

Galvin spent 90 minutes firing 150 shots into tree branches to free bird

The eagle, now named Freedom, is recovering at a rehabilitation center


Neighbors called the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Rush City police and fire departments, but were told there was nothing the agencies could do because of how high the eagle was in the tree.

At one point Galvin joked that he might have to shoot the eagle down and his wife responded by telling him 'that's what you're going to do', according to KARE 11.
Galvin then spent 90 minutes taking nearly 150 shots from a .22 caliber rifle 'while mowing down three branches, and finally the rope, holding up the eagle'.


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