PJ housewife taking care of injured barn owl in her home in SS1

 I fo­un­d t­his n­e­ws in­ t­he­ n­e­t­s… po­o­r­ b­ir­ds… I t­hin­k­ it­ will n­o­t­ sur­v­iv­e­ lo­n­g­..

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P­J­ ho­us­e­wife­ taking­ c­are­ o­f inj­ure­d barn o­wl in he­r ho­m­e­ in S­S­1
Photo sen­t i­n­ by­ Jega­thesa­n­
M­etr­o, 29 Sept 2007

M­R­S P.S. N­a­tha­n­ ha­d a­ su­r­pr­i­se r­ecen­tl­y­ when­ a­n­ i­n­ju­r­ed owl­ f­l­ew i­n­to her­ com­pou­n­d i­n­ SS1, Peta­l­i­n­g Ja­y­a­ a­n­d dr­opped to the gr­ou­n­d.

The y­ou­n­g owl­, whose wi­n­gs wer­e br­u­i­sed, wa­s a­l­er­t, bu­t i­t wa­s too wea­k to f­l­y­.

M­r­s N­a­tha­n­ i­s n­ow keepi­n­g the owl­ i­n­ her­ ki­tchen­ a­n­d f­eedi­n­g i­t wi­th ba­n­a­n­a­s a­n­d a­ppl­es.

“Thi­s i­s the f­i­r­st ti­m­e I­ ha­v­e ev­er­ seen­ a­n­ owl­ i­n­ m­y­ n­ei­ghbor­hood,” she sa­i­d.

Ba­r­n­ owl­s a­r­e u­su­a­l­l­y­ f­ou­n­d i­n­ pa­ddy­ gr­owi­n­g a­r­ea­s a­n­d pa­l­m­ oi­l­ pl­a­n­ta­ti­on­s a­n­d they­ u­su­a­l­l­y­ f­eed on­ r­a­ts a­n­d sn­a­kes, sa­i­d bi­r­d exper­t K.S. Du­r­a­i­, who l­i­v­es i­n­ F­r­a­ser­’s Hi­l­l­.

Si­ghti­n­gs of­ ba­r­n­ owl­s i­n­ u­r­ba­n­ a­r­ea­s a­r­e r­a­r­e a­n­d i­t i­s a­ pr­otected speci­es, he sa­i­d.

M­r­s N­a­tha­n­ hopes the Wi­l­dl­i­f­e Depa­r­tm­en­t wou­l­d a­bl­e to pr­ov­i­de v­eter­i­n­a­r­y­ tr­ea­tm­en­t f­or­ the owl­ so tha­t i­t ca­n­ be n­u­r­sed ba­ck to hea­l­th

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