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Flaco, the Owl That Escaped Central Park Zoo, Has Died

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Officials said Flaco, who defied the odds by flying free around Manhattan for a year, died after striking a building on the Upper West Side.

Mathew Murphy
Mathew Murphy 

Senior News Editor

Flaco, a Eurasian eagle owl that escaped from the Central Park Zoo
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Mathew Murphy

Mathew Murphy

Senior News Editor

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