The Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center is asking the
public
’s help in placing a burrowing owl that has recovered from her
injuries
The Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center is asking the public’s help in placing a burrowing owl that has recovered from her injuries but has no local habitat in which to be released.
In February WERC received a burrowing owl that had flown into a store at the outlets in Gilroy. She has recovered from injuries to her leg, wing and eye.
The burrowing owl is listed as a “species of special concern” in California.
Although there are many areas in South Valley that have burrowing owls, the species has been on the decline in the Bay Area for many years due to loss of habitat. WERC can release her in another part of the state, but she was found in the South Valley and should be released here.
Anyone that can fulfill WERC’s release criteria, is asked to contact WERC at 779-WERC.
