WEST POINT, N.Y. • Air Force's live mascot suffered potentially life-threatening injuries because of a West Point prank gone awry.
The 22-year-old white gyrfalcon, Aurora, was taken from an Army colonel's home as part of an Air Force/Army week prank by West Point cadets, according to an Air Force representative speaking to The Gazette on the condition of anonymity.
While being kept by the Army cadets, both of the bird's wings were injured, academy sources said.
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