When Laura Burban got a call about a owl that refused to move in the middle of a busy roadknew that the situation was serious, since this type of sighting is not uncommon in Branforda town of Connecticut, USAbut generally, these birds are observed from a distance, and are not stranded on the street.
“As people approached by vehicles or on foot, the owl spread his wings,” said Laura, who is director of the shelter And Cosgrove Animal Sheltera The Dodo. “But she didn’t want to take off,” she added. At first, she considered the possibility that the bird had caught something and she stopped to eat it in the middle of the road, but the reality was different: she needed help.
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“Once we got there, we realized that the owl had a damaged wingLaura said. “It would turn around and put its claws in the air as if to say, ‘Don’t touch me,'” she recalled. Although she was somewhat skeptical, capturing her would not be physically difficult, since she was clearly unable to fly, but still thus he faced a different obstacle in the rescue.
Laura had to place a towel over the owl’s head without stressing it. “I tried to get him to look at the other animal control officer who was with me,” the rescuer said. “She was trying to do everything in her power to get her attention, but the owl wouldn’t stop looking into her eyes. She knew I was coming for her,” she added.
Eventually, Laura was able to cover the owl, and it didn’t look so stressed. “Once she put the towel on, she completely relaxed,” the rescuer said. The creature was then carefully lifted and loaded into her truck, then taken to the wildlife rehabilitation center. A Place Called Hopewhere they checked her wings to attend to her.
“Has a quite severe fracture near the wrist,” Laura revealed. “The vet said it’s not something that can be surgically fixed, so they’ll wrap it up and then wait and see,” she explained. Since then, it’s been a few weeks now, and the owl has been recovering very well with some physiotherapy, and his wing is almost healed.
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Her keepers, for their part, are confident that she will soon be ready to be released into the wild, and local residents are excited to welcome her into their neighborhood, too. A few days after the rescue, Laura received a call from James Cosgrovethe city’s first alderman and grandson of the shelter’s namesake.
“He said, ‘I’m calling for my owl! Everyone in the neighborhood has been asking about the owl, wondering if it’s okay,'” Laura recalled. Councilman James then proceeded to tell her that the majestic flying creature had been in the neighborhood for years and that the neighbors had seen it. grow up.
“Everybody knows him,” Laura said. “She is very famous over there, as the mayor of the neighborhood,” she added. James, by his side, was relieved to learn that the owl was safe and coming home, a sentiment he surely shares with his neighbors who are eager to see their beloved avian “mayor” fly through their streets again.