Bald Eagle at Sedgewick County Zoo euthanized after health decline

KANSAS CITY – A bald eagle that called the Sedgewick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas, home for nearly a decade has been euthanized.

The female bald eagle named Mariposa was euthanized on Friday after a sudden decline in her health and well-being, at the age of 35.

Mariposa was part of the US Bald Eagle Recovery Program which helped ensure the survival of wild chicks due to the harms of DDT…

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