Michigan deputy helps rescue injured owl

WATERVLIET TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A sheriff’s lawman helped rescue an owl pursuing reports of a collision involving the vertebrate connected M-140 successful Watervliet Township Friday night, according to the Berrien County Sheriff’s Office.

We’re told the conveyance was undamaged successful the incidental but the operator expressed interest for the owl’s well-being.

Dep. Jerad Phillips discovered the owl adjacent the roadworthy and notified the DNR of the concern earlier making calls to find if determination were section professionals who could assistance the injured bird, authorities explain.

During his efforts, Deputy Phillips reportedly got successful interaction with a licensed carnal rehabilitation work successful the Kalamazoo country that takes attraction of owls and hawks.

The sheriff's bureau says Deputy Phillips looked aft the owl until professionals arrived and collected the vertebrate Saturday morning.

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