Greta the Great Horned Owl: A True Story of Rescue and Rehabilitation

By Christie Gove-Berg

The true story of an injured owl’s recovery and return to nature

Greta the Great Horned Owl is out hunting mice. She has no idea that her life is about to change forever. A train strikes her, severely injuring her wing and leg. A rescue team brings her to a wildlife rehabilitation center—and this is just the beginning of her story. Will surgery save her wing? Can Greta learn to fly again? Her only hope of returning to the wild is to prove that she can hunt.

Greta the Great Horned Owl is a true story told with gorgeous photographs and heartwarming text by award-winning author Christie Gove-Berg. Through Greta’s journey, readers learn about owls and wildlife rehabilitation centers.

• See the inside of a wildlife hospital.
• Learn how veterinarians help animals to get better.
• Find out about owl diets, nests, and families.

Greta the Great Horned Owl is both entertaining and educational, helping to instill in children an appreciation of animals and nature.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Adventure Publications
• Release date: Apr 9, 2019
• ISBN: 9781647552275

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For in the end, we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught. -Baba Dioum

Acknowledgments

Thank you to raptor centers and wildlife rehab centers; the work you do is vital, and I hope this book helps to further your efforts to educate and preserve. Special thanks to Amanda Nicholson, Dr. Peach Van Wick, and The Wildlife Center of Virginia for your expertise, photos, and the true story of this Great Horned Owl. Thank you to Dana and Rodney Lusher with Nature’s Nanny Wildlife Rehabilitation; you rescued Greta from the train station, did her initial assessment, and transferred her to The Wildlife