Mastodawn

💁🏻‍♀️ NEW: When this great horned #owl was rescued from a cement mixer, the concrete left its #wings and tail #feathers damaged and unusable. 🦉

To get this apex #predator back into the wild, the rehabilitation team performed an ancient art of feather-mending called #imping. 🪶

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/concrete-owl-imping-feathers-wings-best-friends-animal-sanctuary

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iris ✿ sandwalker Nov 22, 2022

this is so good 😭

"#imping - feather transplants for #birds with severed clipped wings that can return their ability to fly almost immediately"
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-23/brisbane-vet-operating-on-wing-clipped-birds-returned-to-flight/101616268

Brisbane vet returning flight status to wing-clipped birds through specialised procedure

A Brisbane vet says companion birds suffer trauma and fear if their wings are clipped incorrectly, but a feather transplant process similar to human "hair extensions" can return their ability to fly almost immediately.

ABC News