Hi all. I am privileged to be in Anchorage Alaska. I went to their little zoo
without having looked up anything about it and so I was initially shocked by
the small enclosures and large raptors like golden eagles and bald eagles in
cages generally about 5 to 10 metres in all directions. That was until I read
the small print. These are all rescued birds with gunshot wounds, broken wings
from road collisions, missing feet etc. None could survive the wild.
Among the rescued raptors were a remarkable collection of large owls like
horned owls, snowy owls, Boreal owls, short eared owls, northern hawk owls, and
the seldom seen great gray owl. It was good to see them up so close and know
that they have been given a life. Their life expectancy in the zoo is around
double that in the wild.
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