ILOILO CITY -- A barn owl (Tyto alba) was recently rescued in Capiz province.
Analyn Delfin of Maayon town personally took the owl and turned it over to the Capiz Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Capiz PENRO).
According to Delfin, it was her sister who first saw the owl when it was chasing a kitten in her backyard.
The sisters surmised the owl may have possibly been nesting at a tall tree in their backyard. No traces of injuries were seen on the owl.
After the incident with the kitten, the sisters decided to catch the owl and put it inside a cage. They immediately contacted Capiz PENRO since they didn’t know what to do with it and they noticed the owl was getting sickly.
When it was turned over to Capiz PENRO, the owl was also checked by the Office of the Provincial Veterinary.
The Capiz PENRO is set to turn it over to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-Capiz), which will be the government agency that will release it back to the wild once it gets well enough.
Meanwhile, Capiz PENRO urged other local residents to immediately report any animals rescued.