South Africans Deploy Owls to Fight Rat Problem in Townships
By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG, Oct 25 (Reuters) - A young barn owl looks bug-eyed in curiosity as a bird handler readies it for a new life - to be spent hunting the rats that plague South Africa's poor and mostly black urban areas.
South Africans Deploy Owls to Fight Rat Problem in Townships
A young barn owl looks bug-eyed in curiosity as a bird handler readies it for a new life - to be spent hunting the rats that plague South Africa's poor and mostly black urban areas.
Special Achievement Award
International Owl Center, Houston, Minnesota, is hosting the 16th Annual International Festival of Owls. Owlproject.org was nominated last year for the Special Achievement Award.
Sporting Clay: Misunderstood bats can be pest control ally
Despite their sometimes negative image - an image that is undeserved - the various species of bats native to Florida are among our best allies in pest control.
Spotted Eagle Owl Finds New Home at Dainfern Estate
Owlproject.org, an NPO dedicated to owl conservation through education, is pleased to announce the successful placement of a female Spotted Eagle Owl (Bubo africanus) in a release pen at Dainfern Estate.
Spotted Eagle Owlets Safe at Stratford Gardens
Spotted Eagle Owls – They grow up so fast
RKG: Spotted Eagle Owl (Bubo africanus) eggs hatch between 30 and 32 days and develop into fully fledged owlets in the next 45 to 55 days.
Spotted Eagle Owls: Keep the romance alive
RKG: Giving a Hoot – An article on the courtship behaviour of spotted eagle owls.
Spotted Eagle Owls new start
The shortest day is significant for Spotted Eagle Owls (Bubo africanus) as the change in the photoperiod is the hormonal trigger that ‘kicks’ them into breeding condition.
Spring Newsletter 2016
'It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems" Rainer Maria Rilke
St Andrew's School for Girls releases Spotted Eagle Owlets
Two juvenile Spotted Eagle Owls from the SPCA have found a new home at the school. The owls were brought to the school on 25th October and will stay in a pen for 21 days before being released.
St Benedict’s College schoolboy fights rodent infestation with barn owl boxes
''A Grade 9 schoolboy, Kavin Kassie, from St. Benedict’s College, has championed an owl box initiative to combat a rodent problem at Marlboro Secondary School.''
Stables provide the perfect place for growing owlets
Two Barn Owl chicks were ringed thanks to a decade of dedicated monitoring and regular owl box servicing. This is exactly why annual maintenance matters - for the owls and for long-term conservation.
Starke Ayres - Creating a safe haven for owls
Started in 2016, this has been such a valuable and worthwhile collaboration. Results from our annual owl pellet collection and analysis reveal that the 15 occupied owl boxes at Starke Ayres are responsible for the consumption of over 9000 rats p/a.
Sterilisation Deaths: Lab Tests Confirm Rat Poison
Lab tests have confirmed that tablets linked to the deaths of more than a dozen women who underwent sterilisation surgery at a government-run camp in Chhattisgarh contained a chemical compound commonly used in rat poison, official sources said on Thursday.
Stop Publishing Fake News About Bats
Yes, bats can transmit diseases – but you are extremely unlikely to be infected by one. Why fake news about bats is dangerous to their survival. Von Merlin Tuttle, Austin
Students relate all things beneficial about owls
Students from China and Marlboro Gardens Combined School exchange knowledge about owls and their benefits to the environment and community.
Successes and a little sadness
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Suffolk barn owls recovering after 'terrible year'
Barn owl numbers in Suffolk are recovering after a "truly terrible year", Suffolk Wildlife Trust has said.
"Super-Toxic" Rat Poison Sale Banned in California to Protect Wildlife
There’s a change coming to California stores that may help protect wildlife.
