Pale Male's Baby Hawks Can't Come Home Until Rat Poison Is Removed

Pale Male's Baby Hawks Can't Come Home Until Rat Poison Removed
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 13: Lola, the mate of famous red-tailed hawk Pale Male, perches on a tree in Central Park after having her nest removed by building management last week December 13, 2004 in New York City. Angry bird lovers have intensified their protests outside the Upper East Side building in the hopes of bringing back the hawk's home. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 13: Lola, the mate of famous red-tailed hawk Pale Male, perches on a tree in Central Park after having her nest removed by building management last week December 13, 2004 in New York City. Angry bird lovers have intensified their protests outside the Upper East Side building in the hopes of bringing back the hawk's home. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

UPPER WEST SIDE -- Pale Male's two baby hawks have almost fully recovered from a bout of rat poisoning last month, but animal rescuers refuse to send them back to their home in Central Park because the area is still filled with rat poison.

Cathy Horvath, whose volunteer animal rescue organization WINORR-Wildlife In Need of Rescue and Rehabilitation is treating the famous offspring of the red-tailed hawk, said the park is too dangerous for the young birds because of the ongoing use of rodenticides at nearby institutions including the Central Park Boathouse and the American Museum of Natural History, as first reported by DNAinfo.com New York.

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