AHMEDABAD: On Saturday a barn owl, also called ‘ghuvad’ in Gujarati, was rescued from a residential society in Motera. The bird was entangled in China-made nylon kite thread and was injured in one of its wings and near its beak.
“We have handed over the injured bird to the forest department rescue centre for treatment,” said a city-based animal rescuer, Vijay Dabhi, who saved the bird. He said that his group of friends who live in various pols in the Walled City have collected kite strings from many places. “If all residents of societies start removing kite strings after Uttrarayan, birds will not continue to get injured,” Dabhi said. TNN
