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Wildlife Experts Rescue Adorable, Juvenile Cooper's Hawk

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) - Colorado Parks and Wildlife experts helped save a baby Cooper's hawk in Colorado Springs.

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Officials say it was found in a yard near the Prospect Lake area.

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A wildlife biologist and raptor expert examined the bird which is now headed for rehabilitation at the Nature and Wildlife Discovery Center in Pueblo.

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Officials say the hawk was hurt and couldn't fly away and was being harassed by cats.

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