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The Town of Fountain Hills seems to have a plethora of bird lovers.
First, Senior Building Inspector Jeff Miller, along with Arizona Game and Fish employee Amy Burnett, rescued an owl Miller saw impaled on a barbed wire fence on his way home from work. (See story page 1A)
Then on Wednesday, town employees Roy Jaffe and Justin Weldy helped an owl who may have been hit by a car.
Jaffe, who works in Code Enforcement, was riding his motorcycle along Palisades Boulevard when he noticed the bird sitting on the side of the road. Since he couldnât do much on the motorcycle, he rode to work and ran in to Public Works Director Weldy, who also was arriving at work. They jumped in Weldyâs work truck, drove back to find the owl in the same spot. Weldy had a shirt in his truck, so they wrapped up the bird, then contacted Burnett.
Driver stops to rescue owl trapped in barbed wire fence
Driver stops to rescue owl trapped in barbed wire fence By KNXV Staff | April 8, 2021 at 10:03 AM CDT - Updated April 8 at 10:20 AM
FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. (KNXV) - An owl, trapped in a barbed wire fence along an Arizona highway, is now recovering thanks to the efforts of two good Samaritans.
Most people drove by the stuck owl, but not Jeff Miller. He turned around and went back for it after spotting the bird.
“I really wanted to get up there to try and get it off the fence,” Miller said. “And stop it from suffering and possibly hurting itself more.”