CRYSTAL LAKE, IL -- An Illinois man credited his Chihuahua's winter jacket with saving the small canine from a great horned owl attack.
George Kalomiris said he was walking the 4-pound dog, Chico, in the early hours Wednesday in Crystal Lake when the owl swooped out of the darkness and tried to grab the canine.
Kalomiris said the owl could not get a good grip on Chico because of the dog's puffy winter jacket. He said the dog suffered scratches to his head and a puncture wound, but quickly recovered from the injuries.
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These are barn owl chicks, being fed by George Hedges. Hedges, of Devons Eagles, finds this the easiest method to give the fragile babies their daily morsels of food - mouse and cockerel chicks.
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A group of orphaned baby owls are being taken under the wing of a new mother - which happens to be a cuddly toy.The toy is being used at the New Forest Otter, Owl and Wildlife Park to give four tawny owls a surrogate family.
The quartet all cuddle under the wings of the stuffed toy, which has been mother to another two orphans who have since been moved on to an outside pen.
John Crooks, manager of the park at Longdown, said he did not think it was unusual to use a toy as a surrogate.
"It's a standard thing really. The baby owls are like most young animals and like to cuddle against something soft and warm.
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