In this Feb. 15, 2023, file photo, Flaco, a Eurasian eagle owl that escaped from the Central Park Zoo, sits in a tree in Central Park, in New York.

NEW YORK (PIX11) – Imagine New York City’s beloved, late owl Flaco permanently perched on a branch in the northwest quadrant of Central Park – a spot he used to hang out. It’s a vision … ...

Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle-Owl that escaped confinement at the Central Park Zoo and was allowed to live in the wild, could soon receive a statue in his honor in New York’s Central Park.

More than 3,000 people have signed a petition urging New York City to install a permanent statue in honor of Flaco, the beloved Eurasian eagle owl who died last week. The proposed monument’s ...

A Eurasian eagle-owl named Flaco sits in a tree in Central Park in New York City on Feb. 6. It escaped after its enclosure at the Central Park Zoo was vandalized, and it's now hunting for itself.

The owl had arrived at the zoo as a fledgling 13 years earlier. FILE - A Eurasian eagle-owl named Flaco sits in a tree in New York's Central Park, Feb. 6, 2023.

Just days after the untimely death of Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl who became world famous after escaping from his vandalized enclosure at New York City's Central Park Zoo, fans and politicians ...