2 Great Horned Owls Found Tangled In Wire & Netting In Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) - Colorado Parks and Wildlife rescued two great horned owls on Tuesday when they got tangled in barbed wire and soccer netting. One young owl tore its wing in the barbed wire.
Officers had to cut the wire off to free the bird. The officer who rescued it says it could have been worse.
"Typically with these guys, they tend to fly low when they're hunting... Typically they will hit a fence, and they will actually break this bone up here in their wing when they get wrapped around. Now, for this guy, it looks like a lot of superficial (wounds). The wing is still actually in tact, the bone is not broken," said one officer.
He went on to say the owl would receive rehabilitation treatment in Pueblo.
The second owl was found dehydrated, exhausted and traumatized when officers found it tangled in a soccer net.
CPW urges people to take down sports netting when they're finished to prevent situations like this.