Police Officers Rescue Adorable Injured Owl Stranded on Road

An injured owl was helplessly lying on a road in California after crashing into the ground. Thankfully, California Highway Patrol officers were up for the rescue. They carefully lifted the owl and put it into a box before handing the animal over to Castaic Animal Control. The incident happened near Stevenson Ranch in the Santa Clarita Valley of Los Angeles County.

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“An adorable owl was rescued late Thursday evening by the California Highway Patrol after crashing onto a busy Southern California roadway,” wrote the California Post in an Instagram post sharing the footage, which shows the injured owl, wide-eyed and blinking, as the officers prepped for the rescue.

Watch as highway patrol officers rescue an injured owl from a road here:

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