04/06/2026
Team work makes owls in warehouses easier to catch 😂🦉
A beautiful barn owl was stuck in a warehouse, after a few days the workers called it into as it couldn’t get out by itself.
It was a large warehouse with one exit. Our first plan was to keep it out of the back area and push it to the front - making the rescue area smaller. The warehouse workers offered to use their stock pickers to block the two back aisles to make that area less appealing to the owl. 🦉 we have one a spare net incase the owl went in that direction and as luck would have it the owl flew towards the back and the amazing warehouse guy caught the owl with his net. 👏🏼
Sam then got harnessed up to remove the owl from the net and put in a carrier to take to the wildlife hospital. Very hungry and suffer from an eye ulcer the own needed rest and recovery with our friends at we are pleased to say we recently released this owl back into the wild 🦉🤎🪶
Such an amazing team effort between WASR volunteers, the warehouse workers (who we encouraged to sign up as volunteers) and Perth Wildlife Hospital who nursed him back to health ready for release.