Injured barn owl captures hearts, boosts wildlife center’s conservation funds

Injured barn owl captures hearts, boosts wildlife center’s conservation funds

Injured barn owl captures hearts, boosts wildlife center’s conservation funds On May 28, an Oregon farmer, Lexie, received an urgent message from her sister-in-law: There was an injured barn owl down the road from her house, deeply entangled in a barbed wire fence.  Without hesitation, Lexie found the owl, carefully dislodged him from the fence with gloved hands, and drove him to the Chintimini Wildlife Center.  “What a day! I'm so thankful my sister in law stopped when she saw something was wrong and called for help so we could save this beautiful owl! He seemed so grateful,” Lexie posted on TikTok, under the account @uncstan.  Image via Lexie @uncstan / TikTok From there, the staff at Chintimini Wildlife Center took over, cataloging the owl’s day-to-day milestones as he took slow strides towards recovery.  “So far, holding steady,” the rescue posted on June 1. “He has progressed through the first stages of emaciation protocol, and the next step will be to see if he can handle eating s…