12 hawks, owls killed in fire at Strathcona County bird rescue shelter

A local bird and rescue rehabilitation centre is looking to rebuild after a Wednesday fire killed a dozen hawks and owls.
Karl Grantmyre, executive director of the Alberta Society for Injured Birds of Prey, located at Range Road 222 near Sherwood Park, said the fire levelled a 100-metre long hawk house used to shelter orphaned and injured raptors.
The fire started just before noon on Wednesday, Grantmyre said, and the building went up in flames quickly.
“There was electricity in it &hellip