A San Antonio animal shelter is thanking the social media heavens after posts on Facebook helped in the recovery of an American Bald Eagle that escaped early Tuesday.

Staffers were working with the eagle, Freedom, at the Last Chance Forever The Bird of Prey Conservancy when the bird flew away. Officials quickly spread the word on Facebook and asked them to keep an eagle eye out for the patriotic bird.

The shelter found Freedom sometime after 5 p.m. Wednesday after some residents at a North Side apartment complex spotted the bird and immediately called the shelter.

I think social media God and Santa Claus rocks! shelter director John Karger told FOX 29. Because you know, who are you going to ask for when you need so many favors?

Freedom will continue training at the conservancy in order to prepare herself for independent living in the wild. Shell be wearing a GPS tracking device once shes released, but it seems self-evident that Freedom cannot be contained.

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Facebook helps San Antonio animal shelter find Freedom, the bald eagle