A red-tailed hawk that was shot with a nail gun earlier this month was captured in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, a wildlife rescue group said on Saturday.
The injured juvenile hawk was trapped around 5 p.m. at the San Francisco Botanical Gardens, according to the Monterey-based group WildRescue.
It was transported to Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley in San Jose, where wildlife care specialists are treating it, director Rebecca Dmytryk said.
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Authorities do not know exactly when the hawk was injured, but Dmytryk said her organization received a photo of the hawk on Oct. 9.
WildRescue believes the shooting was intentional, Dmytryk said.
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There is a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for shooting the hawk.
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-Ed. Note: The red-tailed hawk photo by Avis Boutell accompanying this article is not the hawk that was injured. The photo is for illustrative purposes only.
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