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‘Lucky’ the owl may be partially blind after colliding with vehicle in northern B.C.

Great Horned Owl recovering at Lower Mainland rehab centre

A Great Horned Owl is recovering at a Lower Mainland rehabilitation centre after colliding with a windshield near 100 Mile House last month.

Local wildlife photographer Murray Zelt, who is also a volunteer with Delta-based Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation (OWL), said his nephew Matt Pistell called him after he hit the owl on his way home from hockey. Pistell told him it hit the windshield so hard he thought it was going to smash the glass.

“When

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