Barn Owls as pets!!!!

Very Confusing this wildlife stuff 

BOT  --  Barn Owl Trust

BTO -- British Trust for Ornithology

Good on yer, Nellie. 

Rather disturbing occurrence for you. Let's hope the authorities agree with you.

Apart from the actual incident what got to me was the blatant way they were doing it, right next to a public footpath. I would have thought that they would have taken the birds away to a place well away from the public to take the photos.

Thanks for your support. I will keep you all updated if and when the BOT get in touch.,

It’s a tough one for me NTH.

 I was on a CL site just outside Bridlington two years ago and the owner had a young Barn Owl that he kept very good care of, even down to weighing any food each day to make sure it stayed healthy. It would be released to fly free each day and it returned to his glove for food. It was a beautiful bird and he allowed my OH to wear the glove for it to land on. She was over the moon.

As a wild-life lover I would rather see them in the wild though.

I’m a bit surprised that they can be kept as pets? I could be way off, but  I thought they were an endangered species.

No word yet from the Barn Owl Trust, so disappointed. I might repost to BTO and see what they have to say, if anything!

Tell them a Radio station have contacted you Nells, it’ll renew their interest, it works with the RSPCA-not interested until they think they can big themselves up👍🏻, sad but true😕

I've sent the details to the RSPB tonight so watch this space.

Will be watching with great interest, Nellie.

Just a quick update.

It's been over a week since I sent my e-mail to the Barn Owl Trust and I've not had a reply from them!! The RSPB did respond saying "Barn owls can be legally kept as pets if they have been reared in captivity, are fitted with a microchip or loose ring and have a licence known as an Article 10 which is issued by the government.". They went on to say that I should contact the RSPCA with my concerns.....talk about passing the buck! I suspect that I'd get a similar response from them, as I've no actual photos of the guys or of the poor chick as it fell from the tree.