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The American Eagle Foundation is a full-service rehabilitation program specializing in Bald Eagles but also houses and rehabilitates other birds of prey. They offer rehab and release programs for injured Eagles as well as housing and care for permanently disabled birds. are located and sponsored by Dollywood and housed on the entertainment park's grounds in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
From 2000 through 2010, the American Eagle Foundation has released 101 captive-hatched and/or orphaned Bald Eaglets from its artificial nesting tower located on Douglas Lake in Dandridge, Tennessee. Many of these young birds were captive-hatched by non-releasable permanently disabled parent eagles at the American Eagle Foundation's Dollywood-based raptor facility. The American Eagle Foundation has participated in the release of hundreds of other Bald Eaglets in other locations in cooperation with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
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