Chapter Four: Attacked by a WHAT?
- Crystal Crawford
- Feb 19, 2023
- 6 min read
One of the experiences I had during my high school clinical rotations was shadowing at a zoo. Out of the five days I shadowed there, two were spent at the birds-of-prey show theater, where injured or otherwise unreleasable birds-of-prey were trained to fly and perform in an educational show. Though I went in disappointed that I had to spend two whole days with birds—not my favorite; I'd rather be with the big, dangerous animals—I ended up falling completely in love with it. These birds were truly wild in a "wear a glove at all times when handling" kind of way, and the more I worked with the hawks, owls, eagles, falcons, and even vultures, the more I began to appreciate them. They were smart... really smart. And best of all, they were being trained, and I was being taught just how to do it.
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