Cute baby owls story

[emad]

Orphaned owls find new cuddly-toy mum

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A group of orphaned baby owls snuggle up to a cuddly toy which has become their surrogate mum after they were found on the brink of death in the wild.
The tiny tawny owl chicks burrow in under the fluffy toy's wings to keep warm after they were separated from their own mothers.

The chicks, all aged between just four and eight weeks, faced certain death as they fended for themselves alone in the wild but are now recovering in an animal hospital

Two of them, brother and sister Oscar and Olivia, aged four weeks were brought in by a concerned dog walker who found them being clawed to death by a pair of cats.

A fluffy baby aged around six weeks called Thomas was taken to the animal centre by a member of the public who spotted him lying on the edge of a busy road.

And tiny eight-week-old Tamsin narrowly escaped a nasty end when she was discovered by a cyclist tottering along a popular bike path through a forest.

All four of the nocturnal creatures are now being cared for by experts at the New Forest Otter, Owl & Wildlife Park at Longdown in the New Forest, Hants.

After a tough start in life, they are being fed up to full strength in the park's hospital quarters, where they crave love from their surrogate mum.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=452482&in_page_id=1770

[NV Whino]

1. OMG

That photograph is great.

[lost-in-nj]

2. One night

hubby and I were watching TV and heard a THUD at our window
we could not see anything that night but when we woke up
we saw that an Owl hit the house and died
It was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.....
I have one that hoots now and helps me sleep....
if only the wood pecker would STFU!!!! LOL

lost

[Algorem]

3. and then I accidently road-killed them.

[GenDem]

4. Reminds me

A few years back some baby owls fell out of a tree at my friend's house. The babies jumped onto her 7 year old daughter's chest. They must have thought that she was the closest thing to a mother that they could find. My friend called me over and we called an animal rescue center and they picked them up and cared for them until they were ready to be released.

[scarlet_owl]

5. Awwwww! Sweet little owlets!

[Suich]

6. What a cute picture at the link!

Nice story, too! Thanks for posting it!

:hi:

[rec_report]

7. Yup, great article and pic, thanks! n/t

[Nicole]

8. How sweet.

They are so cute!

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