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EOD Flight Chief, MSgt Jayson Wells saw an opportunity to help an injured owl in need of rehabilitation. After 6 weeks of recuperation and care, Wells was able to set Rex free to go back to his home.
RAPTOR RESCUE TRANSCRIPT:
MSGT JAYSON WELLS:
SO I LIKE TO THINK OF THE LION KING, THE CIRCLE OF LIFE, ESPECIALLY HERE ON BEALE. WE HAVE SO MANY ACRES OF WILDNESS.
SIX WEEKS AGO I WAS DRIVING INTO WORK ON CHUCK JAEGER AND RIGHT BEFORE DRIVING INTO GRASS VALLEY GATE I NOTICED WHAT APPEARED TO BE RAPTOR. WHICH IN THIS CASE TURNED OUT TO BE AN OWL, AND A TRUCK WAS DRIVING RIGHT OVER TOP OF HIM.
I THINK MY HEART SKIPPED A BEAT BECAUSE I REALLY LOVE THESE ANIMALS. SO I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, I DID A QUICK ASSESSMENT, AND DECIDED THAT THIS BIRD HAD A CHANCE TO RECOVER. AND I MET A WONDERFUL LADY, WHOSE NAME WAS KIM FRANZA, AND SHE ASSISTED IN… AND ACTUALLY DID THE BRUNT OF THE WORK IN REHABILITATING THIS OWL, A GREAT HORNED OWL BACK TO HEALTH.
SIX WEEKS LATER AFTER A LOT OF NURTURING IT’S REALLY NO DIFFERENT THAN OUR VETERANS WHO ARE RETURNING HOME AND ITS REALLY DEPENDENT ON THE RESILIENCY OF THE ANIMAL. SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE NAMED HIM REX, A LITTLE GREAT HORNED OWL THAT’S SMALLER THAN MOST, BUT IN SIX WEEKS WHEN I WENT TO GO HELP MS. KIM ASSESS HIM FURTHER SHE HANDED THE BIRD OFF TO ME AND I HAD TO DO A SECOND HANDOFF BECAUSE OF HOW STRONG HE WAS.
IT WAS LIKE NIGHT AND DAY.
AFTER A LOT OF WORK, TIME AND EFFORT, THEN YOU RE-INTRODUCE HIM TO AROUND TEN MILES OF WHERE YOU FOUND THE ANIMAL.
THEN DURING EARTH WEEK WE RELEASED HIM BACK INTO THE WILD.
| Date Taken: | 04.29.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 05.07.2019 12:22 |
| Category: | Package |
| Video ID: | 677976 |
| VIRIN: | 190429-F-EU981-495 |
| Filename: | DOD_106719206 |
| Length: | 00:02:13 |
| Location: | BEALE AFB, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Downloads: | 8 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 8 |
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