Hedwig And Owl-Mania
May 20, 2012 in Daily Bulletin, Signature
The end of the Harry Potter movies has led to the widespread abandonment of pet owls reports David Paul:
- There was a surge in the number of owls purchased after the first Harry Potter film came out. In the films, the titular character has a Snowy Owl named Hedwig.
- However the birds are difficult to care for. They live for up to 20 years, cost about £900, and ideally require a 20 foot aviary.
- As the movies have come to an end, owl-owners have become tired of cleaning up after the birds and are returning them to sanctuaries.
- One rescue worker says that the number of owls she has to look after has gone from 6 to 100.
- There are fears that some owls have been released into the wild illegally where they will have likely starved.
- JK Rowling, the author of the series, has asked fans to refrain from purchasing owls as pets.
To read more about Rowling’s proposed alternative, the legality of keeping owls as pets, and how this relates to The Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles, click here.
Source: Mirror
This guy on LEGO CUUSOO (LEGO CUUSOO is where LEGO fans create their own LEGO models and submit them to CUUSOO. If they get 10,000 supporters, LEGO will review them and decide whether they will become official LEGO products), called DeTomaso, has created Hedwig in LEGO. I think it looks quite real. It will be much easier to take care of then a real owl. Plus, if you don’t like a bit of it you can just change it with LEGO.
Check it out here: http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/23233
Man, some parents can be a bunch of idiots. I could understand a rush of buying turtles, since turtles actually were available as pets before. But how many people pre-Harry Potter had ever owned an owl, or knew how to take care of one?