An owl struck by a car on a Massachusetts highway is alive and recovering, thanks to a state trooper who stopped for her in the road, a Wilmington animal control officer who drove her to help at 11 PM, and the rehabilitators at Newhouse Wildlife Rescue who were ready when they arrived.
The nonprofit, which cares for injured and orphaned wildlife across Massachusetts, the story with its followers this week, recounting a night that began with a late phone call and ended with a small, quiet victory in an incubator.
It was 11 PM when Wilmington Animal Control Officer Sullivan walked into the rescue’s rehab room, apologizing profusely for the late intrusion. He had received the owl from a state trooper who rescued her from the middle of the highway, and she was already showing signs of head trauma. The team triaged her, treated her and placed her in an incubator.
What stayed with the rescue wasn’t the hour, but the apology. “Officer Sullivan must have apologized 10 times before he left for waking me when he called,” Newhouse Wildlife Rescue wrote. “I couldn’t help but smile. It wasn’t his fault someone hit this owl with their car. He was just trying to help her.”
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