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Owl Found in Concrete Gets Feather Transplant So it Can Fly Silently Again into the Wild (Watch)

A great horned owl found covered in concrete has flown to freedom after six months of care at a Utah sanctuary. A good Samaritan found him in a concrete mixer in October and called the Best Friends Animal Society headquarters 80 miles away in Kanab. After removing the concrete, the team at the nonp...

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Left / center-leftAn owl trapped in concrete got a painstaking feather transplant — then flew off

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GoodNewsNetworkNews report · May 24, 4:00 PM

Owl Found in Concrete Gets Feather Transplant So it Can Fly Silently Again into the Wild (Watch)

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A great horned owl found covered in concrete has flown to freedom after six months of care at a Utah sanctuary. A good Samaritan found him in a concrete mixer in October and called the Best...

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The Washington PostNews report · May 23, 9:00 AM

An owl trapped in concrete got a painstaking feather transplant — then flew off

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A rescued baby owl, once encased in concrete from a construction mixer, underwent an exacting feather transplant to restore his ability to fly silently.

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May 23, 9:00 AM: The Washington Post joined the source map.

May 24, 4:00 PM: GoodNewsNetwork joined the source map.

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