Young owl rescued in Massachusetts wildfire

Firefighters in northeast Massachusetts rescued a juvenile great horned owl on Wednesday, April 12, while battling a brush fire, according to the local fire service. Footage posted by Danvers Fire Department shows the young owl inside a cardboard box being giving water. According to local media, fire crews almost extinguished a fire near Danvers school on Tuesday night, and returned on Wednesday morning to put down any remaining hot spots. It was then that they encountered the owl on the ground, “alive but motionless,” the fire department said. “Once it was given water its condition seemed to improve dramatically,” they wrote. In an update, the fire department said the owl was found to be in good health and was released by a “wildlife rehabilitator” in the same area it was found. “While we did not spot its mother, rescuers could hear an owl calling in the distance. Hopefully they are now reunited!” the fire department wrote. Credit: Danvers Fire via Storyful