Officers with the Pennsylvania Game Commission stay on standby for moments when a vulnerable animal is in trouble and needs help fast.
That dedication showed up again when Sergeant Ritter was sent out after a call came in about a small creature barely hanging on in Children’s Lake in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania. As soon as Ritter got there, he swept his eyes along the shoreline, searching until he finally spotted the struggling animal right near the water’s edge.
The bird’s wings were submerged, keeping her from pulling herself up and out. Ritter snapped a quick photo and sent it over to Raven Ridge Wildlife Center so they could identify what she was.
Swift Help And Intensive Treatment
After Ritter transported the animal to the center, staff confirmed she was a Great Horned Owl. Based on her injuries, they believed she had collided with a concrete wall while chasing prey at high speed, which likely caused her to fall into the lake…