Summary:
Rudrapur: An adult barn owl (Tyto Alba), a scheduled animal under the Wildlife Protection Act, was rescued from the building of a school in Bhagwanpur village on Kashipur Road on Friday morning. The protected bird was handed to the forest department staff later.Pushkar Raj Jain, the owner of Jain Global school, said the owl was spotted in the staff room. The Shiwalik ranges of Himalaya once had a good population of barn owls.” It is generally found in forest areas. “It shows the species is losing its habitat..