A Naples homeowner recently found a bald eagle on the ground, talons tangled in vines, right wing stuck fully extended.

The homeowner did what wildlife rescue experts urge everyone to do in a similar situation: ensure the safety of the animal, but don’t touch it or try to help it, and call the experts.

In this case, it was the veterinarian and wildlife manager from the von Arx Wildlife Hospital.

“They were able to go to this property to safely retrieve the animal, to make sure that the bald eagle could get out of the vines and then safely transported back to our hospital,” Gracie Seidell, a von Arx spokeswoman, said. An "exam showed that the eagle had abrasions on both of its wrists as well as small laceration around the leg.

"We are assuming that these injuries came from an altercatio

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