Animal: The Trapping Owl Needs Help!

The Owl in my hand, just after setting her free, and it is time to let her fly again.

This was the bright morning, it was not good for my veggies because I need to watering it this morning. The sky was so clear. My green mustard did not grow at all, because I left it for few days to drive a family vacation to Banda Aceh last week. So, I need to think another replacement, water spinach perhaps.

I just finished watering spinach when I came back home and my daughter came to me in hurry. Abi, ada burung hantu tersangkut di pagar jaring (There is an owl trapping on the net). Please help her (not sure male or female). My little daughter and the other kindergarten was so excited to help the owl, but they could not do anything to release the own from the net. It seems the owl has been on the net since the night, because the owl is one of nocturnal birds that is able to fly in short distance in the day light.

She was trapped so bad on the net, and it was difficult to release her without cutting the net

The reason of the net is there is because I use the net for the fence to protect my plant from chicken and other animal of my neighbor, because in my place we rise the chicken and other farming animal wildly, some of us sometimes never make any cage and nest for them. That is natural here in my village, so when I plant something I need to make fence to protect it from those animal.

It took a little time for me to help the owl, finally I had to use knife to cut the net in order to release. In my area (in my property) it is strictly forbidden to hunt the bird or animal using any kind of tool which is able to kill it, except for the bugs such as squirrel or rat. I love any kind of animal, but not snake. Most of them I kill if I consider it harmful to the kids playing around the house.

I pray to her for long and healthy life, prosper regeneration and able to see her again. I did not take her to the nest since I saw her able to fly by herself, otherwise I will take care of her for little time, I had experience to rise up the owl once long time ago.

She is saying "thank you" to me after letting her flying away to the wild again. Standing on the big branch about 15 meters high. I could not make any better picture of her.