The eagles\u2019 home has been saved \u2014 but will it ever be a happy one?<\/p>\n
Friends of Big-Bear Valley (FOBBV), which set up a 24\/7 cam for Jackie and Shadow, announced they will purchase the land the pair call home after raising $10 million, largely due to a $5.5 million donation by OpenAI<\/a> co-founder Greg Brockman<\/a> and his wife Anna Brockman.<\/p>\n Though the news is a technical win for the eagle duo, many are questioning if there\u2019s even still a duo to cheer for \u2014 due to the recent sighting<\/a> of Shadow (the male in the pair) cozying up to another subadult female eagle during his baby mama Jackie\u2019s current stay at the Ojai Raptor Center to recuperate following a surprise attack<\/a> by two other eagles near Big Bear Lake.<\/p>\n What\u2019s worse is that this potentially home-wrecking female eagle may just be one of the birds that attacked Jackie in the first place, according to the FOBBV.<\/p>\n \u201cGreg and I are grateful to all those who championed saving the home of these majestic eagles, Jackie and Shadow,\u201d said Anna in a statement<\/a> posted on the FOBBV website.<\/p>\n Shadow and Eagle had become fan favorites on a viral and local level.<\/p>\n \u201cLike many people around the world, we love watching them be amazing partners to one another and raise their young.<\/p>\n \u201cThey inspire perseverance and a sense of connectedness to something greater, to nature. We are proud to be supportive.\u201d<\/p>\n The whopping donation, which the Brockmans pushed to the finish line ahead of its July 31 deadline, will add to over 25,000 smaller donations, all of which will be used to purchase the land, which has been coined by locals as Moon Camp and has long been eyed by luxury and marina developers. It sits less than a mile from the eagle pair\u2019s nest, and hosts a variety of other local wildlife<\/a>.<\/p>\n OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman and his wife Anna Brockman donated $5.5 million to saving the homeland of Jackie and Shadow. Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the California Morning Report newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCalifornia’s top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n While purchasing Moon Camp had once been a goal of Sandy Steers, FOBBV\u2019s former executive director and a bigtime Jackie and Shadow fan, Steers passed away in February after a battle with cancer before this could actually happen \u2014 though she and the San Bernardino Mountain Land Trust had negotiated a limited purchase agreement with RCK Properties (the land\u2019s owner) earlier in the year.<\/p>\n