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Raptors check in for rehab
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This prairie falcon arrived at the Kansas Raptor Center in Great Bends Brit Spaugh Zoo on Wednesday. It is recovering from a broken wrist. - photo by Susan Thacker/Great Bend Tribune
Two birds of prey — raptors — rehabilitated from recent injuries, were released back into the wild Wednesday near Larned, and an injured falcon found its was to Great Bend’s Brit Spaugh Zoo. Area Wildlife Manager Karl Grover from the Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area found the injured prairie falcon in a field in the northern part of the wildlife refuge, Zoo Director Scott Gregory said. Dr. Mike Malone, veterinarian to the zoo, put a wrap on its injured wing — actually a broken wrist.