Feather implant gives owl new lease on life

When a snowy owl with a severely dislocated wing was driven to a Regina rehabilitation centre this month, staff knew there was nothing they could do.
The bird was euthanized. But his story didn’t end there — a wildlife rehabilitator removed the feathers from the owl’s wings and will soon use them help another snowy owl that has been in the rehabilitation centre since the spring.
Megan Lawrence, director of rehabilitation at the Salthaven West wildlife rehabilitation centre, say