ManitobaA grey horned owl tangled itself in protective netting shielding the West District station parking lot from stray golf balls, Winnipeg police said in a news release Thursday.Manitoba Conservation, zoo staff helped officers rescue trapped bird, police sayArturo Chang · CBC News · Posted: Sep 25, 2025 7:00 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours agoA still from a video showing a grey horned owl after it was freed from a net outside a Winnipeg police station. (Winnipeg Police)A great horned owl has been released into the wild after getting trapped in netting outside a Winnipeg police station.The bird of prey tangled itself on protective netting shielding the West District station parking lot from stray golf balls, city police said in a news release Thursday.Birdwatchers spotted the bird and told officers, the release said. Then it was owl hands on deck.Police officers attached a sharp knife to pole to carefully cut the netting to help free the bird, the release said. (Winnipeg police)Officers first attached a sharp knife to a pole to carefully cut the netting. Then a Manitoba Conservation officer that had been called used a fishing net to lower the bird to the ground, the release said.Staff at the Assiniboine Park Zoo wrapped the owl in a blanket to protect the bird and rescuers. The owl was then released into the wild.
Owl’s well that ends well: Bird of prey freed from netting outside Winnipeg police station
