A bald eagle surprised fellow travelers as it was spotted being taken through a TSA checkpoint at Charlotte Douglas International Airport this week.
in 2002, when the Missouri-based organization was breeding the then-endangered bald eagles for release into the wild. Clark's siblings were released, but he hatched with scale deformities on his feet that made him vulnerable to frostbite or loss of toes in the winter months. Therefore, he could not be released.
Instead, Clark began flight training at a young age, and is now an ambassador for the sanctuary, according to the organization. In his role, he flies at different venues and events across the U.S., including St. Louis Cardinals' games and a Chicago Bears game. , once on the brink of extinction, have pleasantly surprised experts — their population has quadrupled in size since 2009. In 1963, there were just 417 known bald eagle
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