Overview
- Jackie died Monday after about three weeks at the Ojai Raptor Center where veterinarians worked to stabilize her following a mid‑July rescue.
- She was found grounded after a territorial altercation in mid‑July and was taken to Ojai for emergency treatment and diagnostics.
- Care teams gave intensive therapies including a blood transfusion from an ambassador eagle, oxygen support, contrast CT imaging, a bone marrow biopsy, and expanded toxicology testing.
- A necropsy by San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance pathologists found severe multi‑system disease—regenerative anemia, blood clots, liver and lung abnormalities, and poor bone marrow response—but no single definitive cause and some specialized results remain pending.
- The loss has drawn global mourning, large donations and local conservation action including a $10 million land protection effort, while biologists are monitoring banded subadult KD1 and Jackie’s mate Shadow for possible nest succession.