Classic Video: Golden Eagle Drags Goat Off Cliff

There's also a longer 7 minute video with the Golden Eagle dragging several goats off of the cliff.  Watch it here.  Incredible!

Man Killed By Rooster

A unrelated cockfight in India (Photo by Thessaly La Force)

In California, a man was killed after being stabbed in the leg by a rooster chicken.  The rooster was competing in an illegal cockfight near Bakersfield, California when the incident occurred.  The man, Jose Luis Ochoa, was cut open by a blade attached to the rooster's leg after the crowd was scrambling when police arrived at the event.  Cockfighting, similar to dog fighting, is illegal in in all 50 US states as well as many other countries.  Razor blade, knives and other weapons are often attached to the birds so the birds fight to the death.  In this case, Jose was the loser. Read the Time.com article here.

Hawk Finds Home in Library of Congress, Eludes Capture

(Abby Brack / Library of Congress)

In Washington DC, a hawk flew into the historic Library of Congress and has eluded several attempts to be captured.  The bird, thought to be a Cooper's hawk, has been flying around the Main Reading Room and sits perched on top of moldings and ledges. A rescue team has made several attempts at capturing the predatory animal to no avail.  Frozen quail meat, nets and even bird calls have not worked in the attempt to relocate the hawk. Read the story and see more pictures here.