""This is the first time we had an owl, that I'm aware of, entangled in a vehicle," said Scott Safechuck, a public information officer for the county Fire Department. "Usually it's a cat, or sometimes we have cattle that get onto the highway.""
""It's infrequent that things like this happen," Safechuck said. "It's remarkable the owl was still alive.""
Around 9:30 a.m. a great horned owl was discovered stuck in the grille of a car in the 1000 block of Amethyst Drive in Orcutt. Four Santa Barbara County firefighters and an animal services officer removed the owl in about 30 minutes. The owl sustained injuries and was taken to the Wildlife Care Network in Goleta, where arriving animals receive tests such as CT scans and X-rays. The great horned owl can weigh up to about 5½ pounds with nearly a five-foot wingspan and is not endangered.
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