After identification, the scientific name of the three birds is the barn owl, and the local people are also known as monkey-faced eagles, monkey-headed eagles, etc., which belong to the national second-level protected animals. Photo by Guo Lijuan
Pu'er, China News Network, January 3 (Chang Guoxuan, Guo Lijuan) reporters learned from the Forest Public Security Bureau of Ning'er County, Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, on the 3rd that the police and people of Ning'er County recently joined hands to successfully rescue three national second-level protected animals, the young owl. At present, it has been sent to the Pu'er Wildlife Shelter and Rescue Center for further rescue.
At about 10:00 a.m. on January 2, the Forest Public Security Bureau of Ninger County, Yunnan Province, received three rain-soaked "monkey-faced eagles" from the Forestry Service Center of Tongxin Town, Ning'er County.
Through the careful care of the police, the three little guys have improved their mental state and slowly began to eat independently. Photo by Guo Lijuan
According to the staff of the Tongxin Town Forestry Service Center, in the early morning of the 2nd, when a villager in Nakori town went to the farmland to work, when passing by the side of the Tongxinzhi Super Point Highway, he heard a whirring sound in the roadside drainage ditch, he looked for a sound, found three owls nesting in the ditch trembling, the villager found a carton to pack them up, ready to take home for rescue, just happened to meet the forestry service center staff who were patrolling the forest area, and then transferred to the forest public security.
When the three little ones were sent to the Ning'er County Forest Public Security Bureau, they hid in a cardboard box and were very weak, the smaller one was dying, and the other had a beak injured. The police immediately dried the wet "monkey-faced eagle" with dry towels, used disinfectant water to debride the wounds, and bought fresh meat and glucose water to feed them little by little. After a day of careful care by the police, the three little guys improved their mental state and slowly began to eat independently.
The picture shows the police buying fresh meat to feed the young owls. Photo by Guo Lijuan
After professional identification, the scientific name of the three birds is the barn owl, and the local people also call it monkey-faced eagle, monkey-headed eagle, etc., which are nocturnal birds of prey and belong to the national second-level protected animals.
In view of the fact that the three barn owl are all young birds and the forest public security does not have the conditions for breeding, the Ninger County Forest Public Security Bureau sent the three barn owl to the Pu'er Wildlife Shelter and Rescue Center for further assistance on January 3. (End).