A live camera captured adult bald eagles feeding a cat to their young, leaving some viewers disturbed.
The footage in Hays, PA was streaming from the Audubon Society’s webcam, which broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
“After reviewing the footage, we believe the cat was dead when it was brought to the nest,” Rachel Handel, spokeswoman for the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
“We don’t know if it was a pet or feral. It’s impossible to know if the cat was killed by the eagle or was a roadkill, but eagles are opportunists and just as apt to take something that’s already dead as something that’s alive to feed their young.”
Some people commented on Facebook and forums that they were disturbed by the video, but Handel noted on Facebook that it was just part of nature.
