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US Wild Animal Rescue Database: Animal Help Now
International Wildlife Rescues: RescueShelter.com
Australia Rescue Help: WIRES
Germany-Austria-Switzerland-Italy Wild Bird Rescue: wildvogelhilfe.org
If you find an injured owl:
Note your exact location so the owl can be released back where it came from. Contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitation specialist to get correct advice and immediate assistance.
Minimize stress for the owl. If you can catch it, toss a towel or sweater over it and get it in a cardboard box or pet carrier. It should have room to be comfortable but not so much it can panic and injure itself. If you can’t catch it, keep people and animals away until help can come.
Do not give food or water! If you feed them the wrong thing or give them water improperly, you can accidentally kill them. It can also cause problems if they require anesthesia once help arrives, complicating procedures and costing valuable time.
If it is a baby owl, and it looks safe and uninjured, leave it be. Time on the ground is part of their growing up. They can fly to some extent and climb trees. If animals or people are nearby, put it up on a branch so it’s safe. If it’s injured, follow the above advice.
For more detailed help, see the OwlPages Rescue page.
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Awesome! I knew you were going to be just fine, and I'm glad to know it went swimmingly well for everyone but the sound guys, but as long as everyone had fun and no one got hurt, and it was successful, it was a win!
Cheers, my friend!
They had lots of people scrambling to rescue them, so they got to enjoy an outpouring of compassion! 😄
Thank you for all your positive support!
You're so much more than welcome! Thank you for a safe space from the world's collective shadow self, here. You've saved my sanity more than once! 🤗
I was going to say sometimes the small things can make a big difference, but that actually reminded me of another story from the weekend!
The one head lady at the clinic was saying someone called up with a scarily diseased racoon she was handling bare handed, but the call turned into a human rescue! Through the conversation of trying to help the racoon, this lady seemed to be in some kind of abusive situation with a violently drunk spouse, so now she had 2 species in crisis to deal with over the phone!
I don't know what happened with the lady, but the raccoon did get picked up by another clinic, but you never know who's going to call the animal helpline! 😦