""My housemate woke me up at 6 a.m. and said all the birds were gone," she said of the 11 birds in the outdoor enclosure."
"They 'cut all of the equipment off of the birds,' Marden told SFGATE. 'And then chased them all out into the dark, and then closed all of the chambers, all of the different enclosures, so that the birds could not get back in, especially the night birds like the owls.'"
"Somebody had to have that experience working with raptors, because they got our eagle out of there," she said. "And we didn't find any blood, and they didn't find any reports at the hospital from being, you know, squished by a big eagle."
"We refer to them as the black labs of the raptor world. They're the only raptor that lives and hunts in an organized pack, so they have a little bit more of a 'Hey, I like you. You fed me before. I'm going to stick with you.'"
A break-in at West Coast Falconry in Marysville resulted in the theft of 11 birds of prey, including hawks, an eagle, and owls. Owner Kate Marden discovered the theft upon returning from vacation. The intruders damaged property and removed equipment from the birds, preventing their return to enclosures. Marden noted the expertise required to handle the raptors, particularly the eagle. Following the incident, her team located three Harris's hawks and two other birds on the property shortly after the break-in.
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