Enjoy this photo dump of some of the patients we’ve seen this year. All of these owls have been released and we still have four in our care. This year, they’ve come to us for window and auto collisions, gunshots, fishing line, and electricity. Let’s appreciate the beauty of these regal raptors and do our part in helping them stay wild.
Ugh that sucks. Instead of expecting owls to adapt we should not used such harsh poison
Rules are (were?) slowly changing. They are getting banned in some places like California and British Columbia, though that BC link highlights even with “bans,” there are many loopholes in much of the legislation. While it is typically banned for private consumers, professional post control companies and anything deemed an “essential service” is allowed to use them, in amounts I’m sure dwarf what home use would use.
Essentially every animal rescue lobbies for bans, and things like Flaco having poisoning being at least somewhat responsible for his death brings public attention to the unintended effects. Hopefully more and more people will get on board and we will eventually be rid of them.