BBC - Cornwall - Attractions - Nursing owls back to health
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Tom
and Carolyn Screech started treating sick owls at their sanctuary
back in 1990.
Their
association with owls started long before that.
"My
first close encounter with an owl came during the spring of 1966
when I was eight years old and we lived in an old farmhouse in the
heart of the china clay country," remembers Carolyn.
Stephanie
is an African Spotted Eagle Owl
"One
evening when out with my father on the farm, I spotted a fluffy
grey ball lying on the ground outside the barn. My vivid memory
was to stare at this red-rimmed bleary-eyed creature not having
a clue what it was. And as only a child would think I decided to
give it a quick poke to see how it would react, and when the creature
didn't attempt to bite me, I thought it would be safe to pick it
up but very quickly threw it in my father's direction when its sharp
talons pierced my fingers."
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