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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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Happy Thanksgiving! Thank you to everyone here! (lemmy.world)

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Happy Thanksgiving to all the US owl fans here, and a big thank you to everyone around the world that visits here.

I'm thankful I've gotten the opportunity to learn new things about animals with you every day for the last few months. We've been able to teach each other so many things, both about the places we're from, and places most of us will probably never see.

We've gotten closer to each other, no matter where we are physically, and hopefully we feel a closer bond with our fellow creatures we share this world with.

Also a huge thanks to all the animal rescue and rehab workers. They work around the clock, entirely reliant on donations, and it is a tough job. Only about 30% of animals that make it to a rescue will survive. It must take a big heart and an iron will to deal with that amount of loss in a daily basis.

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[–] andellor@mander.xyz 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And we are (at least I am) thankful for you.
Thanks for taking the time to share knowledge about owls.
You have made this a great community.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm grateful to hear that. Posting here has given me something to look forward to each day, and I'm sure that's why the rest of you come here as well.

Lemmy is still pretty chill over all, but most of the top posts are still kinda negative things, so I want this to be a place where you know you can be put in a good mood right away. I'm happy that you guys keep us in pretty high up in Top for a niche group, and that's what keeps it growing.