Anti-poisoning campaign for imperial eagles in Hungary

On 14 April 2011 a juvenile imperial eagle was found by the foothills of the Bukk mountains (Northeast-Hungary) by a local farmer. The bird was in a bad condition and showed the typical symptoms of poisoning. With the cooperation between the Hortobagy Bird Hospital, the Bukk National Park Directorate and MME BirdLife Hungary, the bird was treated with the antidote atropine an hour after finding. Atropine is used against the commonly used poison carbofuran. The bird was kept and treated for one week and on 22 April it was successfully released in a safe location in the Bukk National Park. This bird was the 46th imperial eagle, which has been poisoned since 2005, but unfortunately only 7th which had survived and could be released back to the nature.