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Owls About This For A Survival Story?
The owl is a barn owl, similar to the one pictured above.
A Barn owl, rehabilitated and released by the RSPCA over five years ago has recently been spotted alive and well in the wild.

The owl, which was a chick when originally admitted to RSPCA Mallydams Wood in August 2004, was captured in order to have its identification ring read, on the banks of the River Rother in Iden, East Sussex. When the results of the ring identification came through, the Wildlife Centre was chuffed to learn that over 1,700 days after they released the bird into the wild, it was still going strong.
 
RSPCA Wildlife Officer at Mallydams, Richard Thompson said: “This bird has fulfilled all our aims of rehabilitation. It has survived in the wild for as long as we’d expect any Barn owl to, and I even believe the bird has bred in the wild. We have only ringed 29 Barn owls at Mallydams since 1999, so this is a significant and exciting discovery.”

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Birmingham Dogs Home makes urgent appeal

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 Birmingham Dogs Home has issued an urgent winter appeal as it faces more challenges over the Christmas period.

The rescue centre has seen a dramatic increase in dogs coming into its care, and is currently caring for over 200 dogs. With rising costs and dropping temperatures, the charity is calling for urgent support.

It costs the charity £6,000 per day to continue its work.

Fi Harrison, head of fundraising and communications, said: "It's heart-breaking for our team to see the conditions some dogs arrive in. We really are their last chance and hope of survival."

More information about the appeal can be found here. 

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Avian flu confirmed at premises in Cornwall

A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been detected in commercial poultry at a premises near Rosudgeon, Cornwall.

All poultry on the infected site will be humanely culled, and a 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone have been put in place. Poultry and other captive birds in the 3km protection zone must be housed.

The case is the second avian flu case confirmed in commercial poultry this month. The H5N5 strain was detected in a premises near Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, in early November. Before then, the disease had not been confirmed in captive birds in England since February.

The UK chief veterinary officer has urged bird keepers to remain alert and practise robust biosecurity.

A map of the disease control zones can be found here.