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Obese Owl Too Fat to Fly Is Released Back into the Wild After Following 'Strict' Diet
It’s back to the skies for one overweight owl who, not long ago, was considered too fat to fly.
On Wednesday, representatives from the U.K.’s Suffolk Owl Sanctuary shared on Facebook the story of an owl, which they rescued from a ditch on Jan. 3, who was unable to lift itself off the ground and into the air.
“After further investigation, we also found that the area where she was rescued was crawling with field mice and voles due to the warm and wet winter we experienced in December,” wrote the sanctuary.
While under the care of the Suffolk facilities, the bird was placed on a “strict diet” that helped her shed enough weight to get the wind beneath her wings once again.
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