A hawk that was trapped inside of a subway station in New York City rescued

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Another interesting story of a Cooper's hawk that was chasing a pigeon in New York City before it entered a subway station and he realized that he could not get out of the subway station due to the noise of the subways inside the station scaring the hawk from leaving. The hawk took up residence on a perch on a pipe at the Westchester Square-East Tremont Avenue station when station agent Paul Flores saw that the hawk needed some help to leave the subway station and return to the outdoors. Paul was able to find help to free the hawk when Bobby Horvath who was a former firefighter who is now a volunteer at Wildlife In Need used a 18 foot net on Wednesday evening. The hawk was released into the wild on Thursday afternoon at Pelham Bay Park by a member of the volunteer group after the hawk had been examined by veterinarians who mentioned that the hawk was healthy enough to fly free into his home after spending a few days and nights at a subway station.