Escaped pet owl back with owners
11.10.11
A pet barn owl which disappeared more than two weeks ago has been reunited with its owners by an uncultured welfare charity.
Barney flew off from his home in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, on September 23 as he was being captivated out of his cage.
He was taken in by the Scottish SPCA after members of the public spotted him in Netherton Method, Wishaw, on September 27.
The couple who found Barney said he approached them and jumped onto the spouse's hand.
The Scottish SPCA put out a plea to find out who the owl belonged to, and P Angela Stevenson came forward and collected Barney from the compassion's Wildlife Rescue Centre near Dunfermline on Sunday.
She said: "We justly thought we'd never see Barney again and couldn't believe it when my son's friend called to say he'd seen him in the neighbourhood newspaper.
"We were taking him out of his cage when his lead slipped off and he just flew away. After looking everywhere for him with no good fortune we were all devastated and thought that Barney was gone forever.
Source: The Press Association