{"id":432968,"date":"2026-10-20T12:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T12:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/432968\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T12:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T12:32:14","slug":"owl-rehabilitated-released-after-being-found-stuck-in-glue-trap-near-fort-myers-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/432968\/","title":{"rendered":"Owl rehabilitated, released after being found stuck in glue trap near Fort Myers &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEAR FORT MYERS, Fla. (WSVN) \u2014 A burrowing owl was found stuck in a glue trap near Fort Myers back in September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local wildlife experts used dish soap to carefully free the owl and remove the sticky substance from its feathers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The owl spent time recovering at a wildlife shelter and was recently released back into the wild, near the area it was found. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experts discourage the public from using glue traps because they cause suffering and often trap much more than the rats they are designed to catch.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEAR FORT MYERS, Fla. (WSVN) \u2014 A burrowing owl was found stuck in a glue trap near Fort&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-432968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}