SAN ANTONIO, TX (KENS\/CNN) - Bald eagles are the symbols of American freedom, and one eagle wanted freedom so badly she escaped the avian center that housed her to get it. <\/p>\n
A bald eagle called Freedom lived up to her name on Tuesday. Trouble is, caretakers aren't sure she is ready to survive on her own. <\/p>\n
The bald eagle was last spotted in the parking lot of a church near the rehabilitation center Last Chance Forever. The executive director said the bird was not ready to be released back into the wild.\" <\/p>\n
\"She's black-bodied, white-headed, white-tailed. You can't miss her,\" said John Karger, executive director of Last Chance Forever. <\/p>\n
She used her body to bust open the zip ties used to secure her cage. <\/p>\n
He has rehabilitated freedom for the last two and a half years. She was found in East Texas blown out of her nest. <\/p>\n
\"She's been learning more and more how to fly, and to be independent,\" Karger said. <\/p>\n
It was just Monday that she learned how to capture her own food for the first time. <\/p>\n
\"I just know that she's good flying strength. She was able to kill on her own,\" he said. <\/p>\n
He said Freedom is rehabbed enough able to survive in the wild but said her chance of a long life is better if she's returned to Last Chance Forever. <\/p>\n
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