US vet uses cod skin to save bald eagle in time for Fourth of July

Adult raptor was found with one of its legs ripped open from knee to ankle and appearing severely underweight

A veterinarian saved the life of a badly injured American bald eagle using a pioneering fish skin graft procedure more commonly used for human wound, releasing the bird back into the wild in a symbolic act ahead of the Fourth of July holiday.

The adult raptor named Kere was found by a park visitor in Hayward, Wisconsin, in August, with one of its legs ripped open from knee to ankle from an unknown injury, and appearing severely underweight.

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