SAN JOSE — The Peninsula Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals released a red-shoulder hawk earlier this month following ten weeks of treatment and rehabilitation after she was shot by a BB gun.

The hawk was found, unable to fly, on a picnic table at a San Jose park in late July, suffering from an open head wound and tearing and swelling in her right eye — impacting her vision, which is integral to hunting for food, according to a press release from PHS/SPCA.

The hawk was brought to the PHS/SPCA’s San Jose wildlife intake center, where it was stabilized and later transferred to the Wildlife Care Center in Saratoga for treatment from a wildlife veterinarian and staff, PHS/SPCA said. Vet staff conducted an X-ray which revealed that she had been shot by a BB gun.

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