Valentine’s Day is well-timed for some of the first courtship displays of the early breeders — owls. Even with snow in the branches and blanketing the ground, hearts are all aflutter, and focused on bringing another generation into being.
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Philippi residents say there is just no getting rid of the rats terrorising them in their homes. But the City of Cape Town has a plan to introduce owls to solve the problem.
I love barn owls. The little owl may be more adorable and the eagle owl more impressive but watching a pale barn owl floating silently across the fields is one of the UK's nature wonders. And they really do float silently. I've been filming with Molly, a rescue barn owl, and she decided to take a bit of a detour while showing off for our cameras.
Dr. Jane Goodall has always been very supportive of the Township Owl Project. In 2015 the Owl Project will collaborate with her Roots and Shoots Programme on areas relating to rodent control within township food gardens.
VILLAGERS are being asked to turn off their outside lights at night – because the local bat population doesn't like them.
As rodent numbers increase, so do poison sales. Turns out that ridding the cities and towns of rats may be contributing to harming most of the predators that feed on them.