Finn, un hibou bien-aimé
Depuis que j'ai annoncé sa mort sur ma chaîne YouTube, ses nombreux fans du monde entier ont exprimé leur chagrin sur mes réseaux sociaux. Nommé Finn par ses nombreux fans, ce jeune hibou effraie a été pleuré par quelque 50 millions d'amoureux des hiboux à travers le monde à sa mort. Ces fans avaient suivi son histoire grâce à des caméras cachées à l'intérieur de son nid et l'avaient vu passer d'un jeune amoureux des hiboux loufoque à l'un des meilleurs papas hiboux. Il était particulièrement apprécié pour la façon dont il était si attentionné envers sa partenaire Gylfie et leurs trois poussins. On pouvait souvent le voir se tenir fidèlement aux côtés de sa famille, comme le montre le clip ci-dessous.Un hibou orphelin
Je suis particulièrement triste parce que Finn est une chouette effraie que j'ai réhabilitée alors qu'elle était encore une jeune poussin en 2019. Il a été sauvé après être tombé d'une botte de paille et on lui a donné une seconde chance dans la vie et c'est tout simplement tragique qu'il soit à nouveau victime des adaptations humaines.
Décès évitable
Le pire, c'est que ce phénomène aurait pu être évité facilement. Pendant la saison de reproduction et par temps chaud, les hiboux adultes se salissent dans leur nid et ont besoin de se laver. Une cage renversée ou un flotteur peuvent suffire aux hiboux pour se reposer pendant qu'ils se lavent. Les endroits naturels où les oiseaux se baignent, comme les étangs et les ruisseaux, ont des bords peu profonds, et les fossés ont des parois rugueuses, de sorte que les oiseaux ne s'attendent pas à ce que ce qui semble être de petits plans d'eau soit si profond.
Ce que vous pouvez faire
J'aimerais demander à tous ceux qui utilisent un abreuvoir ou un tonneau ouvert pour le bétail de procéder à une petite adaptation pour le rendre sûr pour la faune. Les oiseaux, en particulier les hiboux, se noient souvent dans ces structures aux parois abruptes parce qu'ils ne peuvent pas en sortir.
En souvenir de Finn
Pour en savoir plus sur le personnage de Finn la chouette effraie, vous pouvez regarder l'histoire de sa première saison de reproduction de chouette effraie
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I’m writing this to express my deepest condolences to the loss of our beloved Barn Owl, Finn. When I was watching the video for the first time to discover his tragic death, I couldn’t understand how such a capable bird like him could be drowned in a trough…, mainly due to my ignorance, but also the shock of the sudden loss of such an awesome wonderful loving partner and fantastic dad as he was…! I believe I left a comment on the video at that time, but now I understand better about why he died and how easily preventable his death was, I just wanted to write once again how much I am still saddened by his tragic death. And how important education is for the general public to know what we all can do to make the world a better and safer place for all the wildlife we share this planet with. Because, after all, every single species has a right to live safely and happily just as much as we humans do. The human species must fully acknowledge that we’re never any special because as the fact that we fully depend on the ecosystem of nature for our survival. Even though we are capable of creating material things, that doesn’t make us any better or more valuable than any other species. Moreover, just because we are capable of thinking and creating things, that doesn’t mean we are privileged or entitled to do whatever we want or kill anything and anyone at anytime and anywhere. No. Instead, because we are capable of logically thinking and materializing many things, we are even more responsible for being humble stewards of the environment as well as all the living beings on this planet because, at the end of the day, we’re a part of this planet, whether we like it or not, we are merely a species that is overpopulated as if it were ancient single-cell microbe that didn’t have brains, moreover the fact is that we can never survive without nature’s great ecosystem, which can only work if every species has enough space and resources to thrive in its own environment and all the species around the globe coexist in peaceful harmony as one Earthlings!!
Now, we want to prevent the senseless death of already endangered species such as Barn Owl and Tawny Owl from any preventable deaths in the future, people demand any and all ranchers and livestock owners to make a small modification to their troughs asap!!
I’m sorry for writing such a long comment.
I’m writing this only to express my deepest condolences to the loss of our beloved Finn. When I was watching the video for the first time to discover his tragic death, I couldn’t understand how such a capable bird like him could be drowned in a trough…, mainly due to my ignorance, but also the shock of the sudden loss of such an awesome wonderful loving partner and fantastic dad as he was…! I believe I left a comment on the video at that time, but now I understand better about why he died and how easily preventable his death was, I just wanted to write once again how much I am still saddened by his tragic death. And how important education is for the general public to know what we all can do to make the world better and safer for all the wildlife we share this planet with. Because, after all, every single species has a right to live safely and happily just as much as we humans do. The human species must fully acknowledge that we’re never any special because as the fact that we fully depend on the ecosystem of nature for our survival. Even though we are capable of creating material things, that doesn’t make us any better or more valuable than any other species. Moreover, just because we are capable of thinking and creating things, that doesn’t mean we are privileged or entitled to do whatever we want or kill anything and anyone at anytime and anywhere. No. Instead, because we are capable of logically thinking and materializing many things, we are even more responsible for being humble stewards of the environment as well as all the living beings on this planet because, at the end of the day, we’re a part of this planet, whether we like it or not, we are merely a species that is overpopulated as if it were ancient single-cell microbes we can never survive without nature’s great ecosystem, which can only work if every species has enough space and resources to thrive on its own