With files from CBC Radio One's All Points WestTo hear the full story, click the audio labelled: This bird's for you: beer delivery by eagle stunt has conditional go-ahead, bird keeper says Phillips Brewery announced a competition that would see the winner get a beer delivered to them — via bald eagle. A 'featherbrained' Vancouver Island beer promotion strategy is going ahead after an initial 'no' from the Ministry of Forests. The Raptors Centre in Duncan, the home of the beer-delivering eagle, spoke to the Ministry, and it looks like contest is back on. Radcliffe says the contest, part of a larger partnership between the Raptors Centre and Phillips, calls for an eagle named Hercules to fly to the winner, and drop down a beer in Downtown Vancouver.

Source: CBC News May 19, 2016 15:10 UTC