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  Owl found dead in Delhi zoo tests positive for bird flu

  India | January 16, 2021 17:39 IST

  A dead owl in the Delhi zoo has been found to have been infected with bird flu, officials said on Saturday. "The zoo witnessed the death of a brown fish owl in its captivity.Its cloacal, tracheal and ocular swabs were sent to the animal husbandry unit of the Delhi government for serological examination," zoo Director Ramesh Pandey said.

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  Two smugglers arrested in Assam's Chirang, rare species recovered

  News | May 28, 2020 8:37 IST

  Assam Police in Chirang arrested two smugglers on May 27 and rescued rare species of owls, hill turtles and golden monkeys from their possession. Due to bad weather, rare species are coming out of the forest.

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  Obese owl too fat to fly, put on strict diet

  World | February 08, 2020 17:23 IST

  A little owl nicknamed Plump broke the internet when it was revealed that she had become too fat to fly, and has since spent a few weeks at the Suffolk Owl Sanctuary in the UK, which put her under observation and placed her on a strict diet.

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  What Can Be Saved? Owl killings spur moral debate

  News | October 15, 2019 17:22 IST

  In a controversial experiment, the U.S. government is killing one owl species to try to save another. In a last-ditch effort to protect spotted owls, federal officials are resorting to killing hundreds of barred owls.

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  Mystery of owl's rotating head unravelled

  World | February 01, 2013 17:37 IST

  Washington, Feb 1: Medical illustrators and neurological imaging experts have figured out how night-hunting owls can almost fully rotate their heads without damaging the delicate blood vessels in their necks and heads, and without cutting