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Bald eagle perched on a gray mat inside a green-walled enclosure at a raptor rehabilitation center, facing left with a sharp yellow beak.

Big Bear bald eagle Jackie dies after weeks of intensive care in California

The Ojai Raptor Center announced that California bald eagle Jackie died Aug. 10 after more than three weeks of intensive veterinary treatment.

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