The Owl Rescue Centre is as soon as once more doing what they do greatest. The staff was alerted to a pair of sick noticed eagle owls at Steyn Metropolis within the north of Johannesburg, and took them in for remedy.
Each have been discovered to be contaminated with avian trichomoniasis; a illness that raptors can contract from consuming on contaminated meat. The owls have been handled by the Centre.
‘After a superb few sleepless nights for us, they absolutely recovered. We launched them again dwelling this afternoon,’ the Centre posted on Fb. The birds flew off fortunately after their transport cages have been opened on the property, an encouraging sight to see.
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Noticed eagle owls are present in numerous completely different environments together with grassland, savanna woodland and forest patches. They prey on bugs, small mammals akin to mice, rats and squirrels, in addition to different smaller birds.
Owl pairs have established territories and their nests can be as much as about 2.5 km away from some other owls, in accordance with The South African Nationwide Biodiversity Institute, and males declare their territory with a hooting name.
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