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Beauty the Bald Eagle with her prosthetic beak.

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'Beauty' leaves her mark
June 14, 2024 1:07 a.m.

'Beauty' leaves her mark

Bald eagle became an international ambassador with Birds of Prey Northwest

Veltkamp led a multi-specialty team that engineered a 3-D printed beak for Beauty, and she provided care for the eagle for nearly 20 years, as she couldn’t feed herself and was unable to survive any longer in the wild.