08/11/2026
We’re deeply saddened by the passing of patient 26-519 also known as Jackie.
To our friends and partners at Ojai Raptor Center, and to everyone who cared for patient 26-519: we know how deeply wildlife caregivers invest themselves in the animals entrusted to their care, and we recognize how difficult this loss must be.
This eagle touched people far beyond the wildlife rehabilitation community, inspiring an extraordinary connection to the life of one remarkable wild eagle.
At The Wild Neighbors Database Project, our work through WRMD connects us with wildlife rehabilitators and organizations around the world who dedicate their lives to caring for wild animals. Today, that community is thinking of the Ojai Raptor Center team and everyone who loved and cared about patient 26-519. We stand with you!
Patient Update: Bald Eagle 26-519
It is with profound sadness that we share that Patient 26-519 passed away in the early hours of this morning, following more than three weeks of intensive medical care.
Over the past several days, her condition continued to deteriorate despite intensive treatment and the combined efforts of our veterinary team and consulting specialists. She remained critically ill, receiving oxygen therapy, supportive treatment, and around-the-clock monitoring in our intensive care unit.
Throughout her time at Ojai Raptor Center, every decision was guided by the available medical evidence, her welfare, and our responsibility to do what was in her best interest.
Her remains have been transferred into the care of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW).
We know this news will be deeply felt by the many thousands of people around the world who have followed her journey, hoped alongside us, prayed for her, and supported the people caring for her.
Our team is heartbroken. It has been an extraordinary privilege to care for her.
We ask for patience and kindness as our staff process this loss. We are working closely with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and will provide a more comprehensive statement including additional information on her treatments and test results.
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To everyone who cared about Patient 26-519, thank you. Thank you for your messages, your prayers, your encouragement, and for standing beside our team throughout these past weeks. We are deeply grateful for the way Patient 26-519 brought people together through a shared love of wildlife.
