Bald eagle treated at U of M Raptor Center finds new home at zoo article Freedom the bald eagle was nursed back to health at the University of Minnesota Raptor Center. Now, he's headed to a zoo in New Jersey. ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - A bald eagle treated at the University of Minnesota Raptor Center is on his way to a new home at a New Jersey zoo. The Raptor Center in St. Paul had been home to Freedom since 2016 and he was part of their education program. However, he really didn’t like it, like fellow bald eagle Maxime does.