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Humane Society Releases Rehabilitated Barn Owl
The owl was rehabilitated after being found struggling to fly in the cold rain in January.
CORONADO, CA — The San Diego Humane Society on Wednesday evening released a barn owl that had been in its care since it was found struggling to fly in the cold rain in January.
In a news release, the humane society said the owl was found injured near a warehouse in Coronado Beach on Jan. 25.
The owl was found by two public service workers in Coronado and brought to the humane society's Pilar & Chuck Bahde Wildlife Center.
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There, it was given a warm place to recover, along with fluids, nutrition and blood tests to ensure it was safe to reenter the wild, according to the release.
The owl was released at 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday in Spreckles Park, which is near where the bird was first found sick. The humane society said its goal was for the owl to perch in a tree and sort out her home territory.
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