Bowling Green State University Department of Biological Sciences is seeking the return of a valued peregrine falcon specimen, which was removed from a display case on the third floor of the Life Sciences building sometime between Nov. 8 and Nov. 13.
The BGSU Police Department is investigating the theft.
The falcon was part of the university's Ornithology Collection of more than 2,400 birds.
About 1,100 specimens are on display on the third and fourth floors of the Life Sciences Building.
The bird may be a part of the original collection of Edwin L. Moseley, a distinguished naturalist and educator who was the first professor of science at what was then Bowling Green Normal College.
University officials indicated that the stuffed peregrine falcon may be returned with "no questions asked."
"If the falcon is returned, we are not interested in pressing charges," said Dr. Jeffrey Miner, chair of the Department of Biological Sciences. "We just want it back. Please do not throw it out."
The BGSU Police Department is investigating the theft.
The falcon was part of the university's Ornithology Collection of more than 2,400 birds.
About 1,100 specimens are on display on the third and fourth floors of the Life Sciences Building.
The bird may be a part of the original collection of Edwin L. Moseley, a distinguished naturalist and educator who was the first professor of science at what was then Bowling Green Normal College.
University officials indicated that the stuffed peregrine falcon may be returned with "no questions asked."
"If the falcon is returned, we are not interested in pressing charges," said Dr. Jeffrey Miner, chair of the Department of Biological Sciences. "We just want it back. Please do not throw it out."