{"id":82837,"date":"2018-11-12T12:23:49","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T16:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=82837"},"modified":"2018-11-12T12:23:49","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T16:23:49","slug":"air-force-falcon-mascot-injured-during-west-point-prank-expected-to-make-full-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=82837","title":{"rendered":"Air Force falcon mascot injured during West Point prank expected to make full recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Aurora-e1542039563548.jpg\" alt=\"Aurora \" \/>In this photo taken in 2004, Aurora, a rare white gyrfalcon and Air Force Academy mascot, visits Pinon Valley Elementary School in Colorado Springs, Colo., on the arm of an academy cadet in the falconry program. The 22-year-old bird is expected to make a full recovery from injuries suffered during a prank at West Point. (Jerilee Bennett\/The Gazette via AP)<br \/>\nBy: The Associated Press <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. \u2014 An Air Force falcon named Aurora is expected to make a full recovery from injuries she suffered at West Point during a prank before the annual football game between the service academies.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old bird remains on antibiotics and won\u2019t attend Air Force\u2019s home game against New Mexico on Saturday, according to the school. The anticipation is she will be in attendance on Nov. 22 when the Falcons host Colorado State.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The entire article may be viewed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/11\/11\/air-force-falcon-mascot-injured-during-west-point-prank-expected-to-make-full-recovery\/\">The Air Force Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this photo taken in 2004, Aurora, a rare white gyrfalcon and Air Force Academy mascot, &hellip; <a title=\"Air Force falcon mascot injured during West Point prank expected to make full recovery\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=82837\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Air Force falcon mascot injured during West Point prank expected to make full recovery<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-force"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}