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Owls in Towels

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Re: Owls in Towels

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Post by Caelus9 »

Such cute owls! Do they need to be wrapped in a towel because it gives them a sense of security? Just like babies, they sleep better when wrapped up tightly. Rescuing small animals is such a meaningful thing to do.

Re: Owls in Towels

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Post by josh-sematic »

lolinder wrote: post #4
josh-sematic wrote: post #2

I love this. The web used to be a place filled to the brim with people making sites about stuff dedicated to some niche thing that brought them joy. Glad to see that vibe still survives out there. Edit: to be clear, this site is connected with an organization and probably exists to help promote it, but it still gives that “look, this is cool!” passion to me.

Is it connected with an organization? I don't see any evidence of that in the About page or anywhere else. The donations page says to find a local wildlife sanctuary and donate to that, then links out to two options if you really can't find one of your own. But I see no evidence that it's associated with either one of those entities it links to. https://owlsintowels.org/support/donate/

Good catch! I saw the “donate” link and assumed whoever made the site was using it for funding. All the better!

Re: Owls in Towels

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Post by pavon »

Caelus9 wrote: post #23

Such cute owls! Do they need to be wrapped in a towel because it gives them a sense of security? Just like babies, they sleep better when wrapped up tightly. Rescuing small animals is such a meaningful thing to do.

Burritoing a bird is a safe and relatively easy way to restrain it while handling it. It can't flap its wings to fly away, it can't claw you with its talons, and it is far less likely to hurt itself resisting. And yes, they do appear to be more calm, or at least more resigned to the situation.
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