VIDEO: Injured owl nursed back to health thanks to donation from Brampton and Caledon charity
Published April 25, 2024 at 1:03 pm
An injured owl may have lost its eye after crashing into a window, but the partially blinded bird is in good shape thanks to the Toronto Wildlife Centre and members of the Brampton and Caledon community.
The TWC is a charity that has been caring for injured wildlife in the GTA since 1993, with its volunteers caring for some 270 different species.
Now its team of veterinarians have new tools to help injured animals prepare for surgeries thanks to a donation of a portable oxygen concentrator and oxygen caging equipment, gifted by the Brampton and Caledon Community Foundation.
The TWC showed off the new equipment and one of the first patients to benefit from the gift in a video posted on social media – an eastern screech owl that was brought to the TWC after flying into a window.
The small predator injured an eye in the collision and staff had to surgically remove it, and the TWC says oxygen caging equipment helps support the animal’s breathing and get strong enough to undergo procedures.
Veterinarians were able to remove the injured eye and the owl made a full recovery.
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Thanks to Brampton and Caledon Community Foundation who funded a portable oxygen concentrator & oxygen caging, TWC provides many patients with oxygen therapy, like this #EasternScreechOwl & these #AmericanWoodcocks who were injured after window strikes and needed help to breathe. pic.twitter.com/witXORus3y
— Toronto Wildlife Centre (@TWC_Wildlife) April 25, 2024
The TWC says many of its feathered patients have been helped thanks to the donation from the BCCF, including a pair of American woodcocks that were also hurt in window strikes.
“As a prey species, these unique birds are easily stressed, and so TWC’s team must take extra precautions to keep their stress levels low,” the TWC said in a post online.
The birds both needed emergency medical treatment and were placed in the oxygen cage to improve their breathing before they were treated by staff.
Toronto Wildlife Centre is a charitable wildlife rescue organization providing medical treatment and rehabilitative care to sick, injured and orphaned wild animals found by members of the public.
“Thanks to BCF, the medical team was well-equipped to help these highly sensitive patients,” the TWC said in a video
Earlier this month the TWC also helped rescue an injured baby great horned owl found on the Sheridan College campus.
The little owlet got a full veterinary check-up and x-rays from the staff at the Toronto Wildlife Centre, and aside from being dehydrated, the rescued owl was in good health.
If you find an injured animal or a creature in distress you can contact the Toronto Wildlife Centre online to fill out a request for assistance form. For more information or to donate or volunteer visit www.torontowildlifecentre.com.
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