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Owl Makes Full Recovery; Returns to East Kootenay Habitat

The B.C. Conservation Officer Service said that an injured screech owl found near Fort Steele has since returned to its home range.

According to the B.C. Conservation Officer Service, an officer on patrol spotting a screech owl lying injured on the highway near Fort Steele.

Transported to the OWL Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society in Delta, the local owl has since made a full recovery.

The B.C. Conservation Officer Service said the owl has since been released back into its local habitat close to where the animal was originally found.

Bradley Jones
Bradley Jones
Delivering local news and sports in the East Kootenay since April 2016, Bradley now calls Cranbrook home. Born and raised in Airdrie, AB, Bradley graduated from Lethbridge College, and has been a journalist, news anchor and reporter since 2014. Bradley took on local News Director responsibilities when he moved to Cranbrook in 2016. He is now Vista Radio's Kootenay News Director, managing and overseeing all news operations at the company's five regional radio stations in Cranbrook, Creston, Nelson, Castlegar, and Grand Forks.

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