{"id":796734,"date":"2026-08-01T04:21:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T04:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/796734\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T04:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T04:21:20","slug":"barred-owls-wing-becomes-impaled-in-wires-from-plumbing-snake-in-west-hartford-nbc-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/796734\/","title":{"rendered":"Barred owl\u2019s wing becomes impaled in wires from plumbing snake in West Hartford \u2013 NBC Connecticut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A barred owl is recovering after a rare injury involving what a Connecticut wildlife rehabilitation center says was a plumbing snake in West Hartford.<\/p>\n<p>A Place Called Hope, a nonprofit wildlife rehabilitation organization in Killingworth, said the owl became snagged on the tool, which it described as a plumbing snake. The organization said the bent wire at the end pierced completely through the owl&#8217;s wing tissue, leaving a hole as the bird struggled to free itself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a first! For us anyhow,&#8221; A Place Called Hope wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1Gh4yMV9bu\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1Gh4yMV9bu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Facebook post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A West Hartford Animal Control officer rescued the owl, and A Place Called Hope treated it.<\/p>\n<p>The owl has since begun its recovery and is receiving cold laser therapy to help its wing heal, according to A Place Called Hope.<\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit said the owl&#8217;s injury serves as a reminder for people to safely store tools, sports equipment, and other items that could pose a danger to wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please remember to put away tools, sports equipment, or anything that may cause injury to our wildlife,&#8221; the organization said. &#8220;It may have never happened before, but never say never.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A barred owl is recovering after a rare injury involving what a Connecticut wildlife rehabilitation center says was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,128053,201],"class_list":["post-796734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-west-hartford","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}