Lookie is not wearing a chain, she’s wearing jesses and a cord. It’s just like a leash for dogs, and is used for the safety of both the owl and the human. Owls and other birds of prey only fly when they’re hunting. When they’re not hungry, they’ll roost in the same position for hours on end. It’s not cruel.
Tayler Daye you being like "blah blah blah" just shows you know you're wrong and you have no real argument but you're too stubborn to back down. Maybe next time u should keep your fake high morals and irrational opinions to yourself when you have zero idea of what the hell you're talking about
Birds can be domesticated. I mean it doesn't mean we have to keep all owls as pets. They are wild animals but what he or she is trying to say is that some owls think that its beneficial for them to live with humans cause there is a better chance of survival for them. Kind of like co existing with bees and flowers.
Isaiah Jimenez I would just like to throw my 2 cents in and say that owls have been kept at pets since like 2000 B.C. to help with hunting scouting or just as a pet. And you need to understand that animals don’t have the same mindset as human beings some animals like dogs have a natural love to serve. It’s very hard to explain how it works but I recommend reading up on it as it is very interesting.
I'm sure that I'd love to own an owl, but I can't stop thinking about the restricted life of the bird. No freedom and natural life, just a domesticated bird of prey.
Oh God spare the poor violin speech. It's just a fkn owl. They operate on instincts. You act all dramatic, thinking they're sad staring out the window all gay n shit 😂
@C Davis it's not illegal, especially if you live in the country like we did. Problem is, they're fuckin MEAN. My dad tried to help one that had a broken wing. My dad put a straight piece of wood on the wing and tried to gently tie it so the wing would heal back correctly, and the huge owl ended up grabbing my Dad on the side of his stomach with his feet and claws. It pierced my dad's skin of course and he got lucky as the owl could have ripped my dad's intestines out and / or damaged my dad's organs. All because my dad wanted to "help him". Yes it was a wild ass adult owl, and yes my dad had a "few beers" at the time 😂 but at the end of the day, they're WILD.
I fee the same way. Every early am around 4am til about 5am There's a Barred Owl that hoots up a storm...I love it! lol I enjoy its company as well as the others that would chime in occasionally. I like that type of relationship...Same routine I go through every night lol. I love Owls where they are...but as a pet, that a bit much.
I used to have a pet owl that I rescued from near death. He made a lovely pet, but I kept him in a large enclosure outdoors, with trees and plants and a mini waterfall in there, so it was like he was in the wild. So you can have a pet owl, but keep it right... not like this woman who is basically chaining it up all day to one perch in her house.
Well you have to give them that just like snake eat mice if you feel bad about animals eating theyr natural food then dont get the animal it not such of a big deal I know some people have super week stomach when they see a dead animal they throw up or some of them cry but no hateon you guys Im not making fun of you Im just saying
ボイス Maybe people should stop breeding wild animals. People love using the excuse “well we made them incapable of caring for themselves, so they’re forced to me with us”. Wow, that makes you look so sane and ethical.
ボイス You comment proved my point further with the fact that you and many people don’t care. Blaming the fact that humans have used animals for a very long time doesnt normalize or make it better. It’s stupid and wrong. Maybe don’t use how stupid humans were back then as an excuse to be equally as stupid now. I do believe that animals should be rescued but not BRED and showed off for RU-vid videos. If people stopped breeding animals, there would be no more needing to be rescued (unless found in the wild injured) But I guess causing a problem and using the solution of your own created problems is excuse enough to parade around animals like cool little trophies. Now please piss off you ragey little child.
@Jojo Bugar Indonesia breh no, I’ve been living in one house for ehh 6 years now? A momma cat had a litter and ever since, clowders would stop by for a snack when I can’t leave any food outside that night.
1. Get or Have a big house ( or i should've called it a mansion ). 2. Grow some trees inside your house or atleast decorate it with fake ones. 3. Get 2 owls ( F and M ). 4. Done
Owning an owl is no different from owning, say, a falcon or a different sort of predatory bird. It would be nice to own one but I'd imagine they require a lot of maintenance and care like parrots do.
=/ I have two cockatiels, one that I bought and one that i thought was mine that escaped, but turned out it was sm1 else's. had to get two separate cages due to the fact that they started fighting, then they got depressed when separated so I had to put the cages like next to each other. but some birds are hard to let out of a cage, such as mine who are aggressive to anybody if you go near them.
@@GuwJuice_PttP Parrots actually need a lot of care, but most people dont know this, and end up accidentally abusing their parrot. Parrots need lots of room and should be allowed to fly. A parrot is like a perminent human toddler. This common mistreatment of parrots is why many parrots are so mean
You're very idiotic, " locked " more like raising the owl in a good way from the time it was a chick rather than letting it die in the wild from diseases or have difficulty in finding food or other predators, owls only live to 1 or 2 years in the wild while 25 in captivity btw
Well she's not eating him. Not all vegans are crazy animal rights people. It's a dietary choice, if she's not eating animal products, she's a vegan. Simple really if you use your brain. Your comment would make more sense if she was eating a beef burger in the video or something.
It’s been my dream since I was little to work with owls/own an owl. I wanted to be an “owl vet” when I was older. They are so elegant and beautiful and so unique. Snowy owls and band owls were my favourite!
To all those pointing out this owl should be free. Birds of prey that come into the ownership of humans are often bred in captivity and have no point of reference for the wild. For example, my father has two saker falcons, both born in captivity. Both of them are healthy, and he does take them out for flights. But as a direct consequence of having to be hand raised, they would not do well in the wild. You don’t know the circumstances so you have no point of reference for your judgement. For the record, the anklets are lightweight, they are not shackles and they do not restrict movement or cause harm. The leather straps are used for handling and are removed when the animal is placed in its enclosure. Falconry is something that has been practiced for many centuries and like all animals are subject to laws that prevent cruel ownership.
windstennotsukai Their captivity dates back a few generations, and given they live for 15-20 years, that’s several decades. Should they be in captivity? No. Are they? Yes. And because they’ve been put into captivity, it’s now our responsibility to ensure they live. It’s why my father takes them out for flights. It’s not the wild, but we make it as close as we can. If you have a problem, take it up with our ancestors for coming up with the practice in the first place. It happened. It’s here. Get over it.
@@rhysgarner8677 Then they can stop being bred so that there aren't anymore captive species 🤷♀️ Or take the risk and release them. You don't need to coddle nature. You can love it through co-existence as wel..
windstennotsukai yeah well ya see not everyone in the world is going to *not* do something just because it’s morally wrong. So we’d have to get a law for those who breed them to actually start caring.
windstennotsukai It’s not a risk of death. It’s a certainty of death. We don’t intend to breed these birds, but if we release them, we condemn them to death. And that is morally wrong. It’s obvious you’re not going to agree with me so I’ll leave it at that and consider this conversation done.
Wow I wanted a owl but now it looks like owls shouldn’t be pets.. it just doesn’t look domesticated and it reminds me of how lions look at the zoo, dead inside
daniel guerrero To bad. They’re domesticated- bred to be with humans- and if we stop domesticating them shops will have to do euthanize their owls cuz no one wants them- euthanize means kill.
Castiel Arc7 wow I thought the exact same thing!! She doesn’t have a loving pet, she has a terrified slave. My cat was born feral but was traumatized by it and refuses to go outside, she feels safe and happy w me, not just stuck chained in one place, staring with big, dead eyes, wondering if the torture will ever end. Fuckin depressing man
Castiel Arc7 I read somewhere that cats basically domesticated themselves bc they kept rodents at bay and just kinda moved in. You’re right, there is no benefit for the owl in this situation. Someone needs to set this poor baby free or at least a sanctuary where he can fly freely
If you want your owl (or falcon or predator bird) not chained to something, you need tp have a space in garden like a big big cage with other birds and you need to go outside sometime with your birds to make them fly
Dio Brando yeah I thought like that too. I let her out into the wild before but it wasn’t for her.... now she’s terrified of going outside, which is weird bc she was born feral. She still gets her kill on, just inside the house
I have always loved owls and started collecting owl figurines about 50 years ago. I'm too old now to have an owl pet, but I am glad there are people like you who can appreciate owls. By the way, your English is excellent. No need to apologize. You have an accent, but your grammar and word usage is fine.
When doing recalls, if the bird does not respond, avoid coming closer. Stop and allow the owl time to think things over a bit. Try again. By coming closer, you inadvertently train it to wait until you are closer, therefore not having to fly as far. Recall weight should be with instantaneous results. Increase distance, not decrease. This is how reliable consistency Is achieved. Weight management is vital. Also consider a single cue, such as it's name, or the glove tap, or clicker or whistle. Using multiple cues does work, but each time has to be identical. Calling and tapping should always be consistent, not one without the other. This only sends multiple messages that confuse the own. Not being critical in a negative way. Constructive offers to help you along. Love your english capabilities and adoring accent. No apologies ever needed. And ignore the comments by those who have no comprehension of Raptors and who assume their misconceptions to be truths. Remember.... The most dangerous people are not those who are ill informed, but those who are wrong and truly believe their ignorance is right. M.Harman Master License Falconer Raptor Education Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.
A more ethical method would be to build a small aviary for it to live in, and only put the anklets on if you take them outside so they don’t get lost. That way, there’s more freedom of movement. Either way, owning an owl definitely seems to be for an outdoor-oriented person.
I thank you for not using the word chain like the other idiots in this comment section, although I don’t agree with the small aviary thing, but I definitely think of the owner wants the owl to wander around said owners house they would have to make changes to said house
The owl is not chained up for entertainment the owner is actually helping the owl because if the had gone to someone like you and they set it free it would die from starvation or being killed so it is not chained up for entertainment so I hope this wakes you up
From birth I fed my owl at a specific time of day. Now he flies outside all night and comes back home in the morning to feed and sleep. I still feed him at a specific time.
In the US, with the exception of wildlife and animal organizations you cannot own an owl unless you have a falconer's license. They are wild animals and should be kept as such.
I wish people could learn to just appreciate the beauty of the world without wanting to possess everything. It’s understandable that sometimes it’s necessary but these beautiful creatures deserve to be in their natural habitat.
I think you're doing great with your English. Don't necessarily need to apologize for it. here in the states to have a bird of prey you need to have a falconry license I do not know if it covers owls or not. some great information thank you for sharing
I want an owl... my addiction with them began with finding a wild one who was hit by a car, and taking him to a rehab center. I just walked up, and picked him up, he rode on my lap all the way up the road. He was holding onto my finger all the way up the road while I was petting his head to kinda comfort him best I could. He was soo calm, and soft that I've wanted one ever since.
My family just rescued an owl that fell out of a tree and now we have him chilling in an owl box doing fine. With luck he’ll be okay and survive, but we’re watching him day by day and trying to learn what we should be doing to best help him
Nathalie Thomas just because someone might be vegan doesn’t mean their pet has to be. Some people are vegan because of health reasons. Don’t be stereotypical
Renasai The only reason the are owns that *cannot survive in the wild* is because the supply and demand of captive owls, caused by people such as this youtube
My Fennec Fox, Scout, used to have a problem with eating mice that were not white. Do owls ever show this behavior? For some reason every time I would offer him a mouse that was brown or grey he would just leave it alone and wouldn't go in for the kill but as soon as he saw or smelled the albino mice he would go crazy for them as you can see on my channel.
+Code_Haunt Then you should question the people (and there motives) who came up with the idea to breed owls (or any other wild life animals). It is NOT for the owls sake but only for the humans.. Therefor it makes no sense to breed tame owls, leave those creatures alone, don't mess with them. Men is already destroying his and the animals habitat.
i think part of it is because some people wanted to save endangered species from ppl destroying them. you cant stop ppl from destroying things, the same as you cant stop ppl from creating things. Theres both a light and dark to this subject.
First of all on the breeding subject, you can’t just blame the breeder for this when YOU’RE THE PERSON THE OWL DEPENDS ON TO BE HAPPY! If you’re just setting off bred owls into the wild all willy nilly, it’s going to be your fault that most of them are either dead or extremely unhealthy. Second of all on the keeping them as pets, how god damn thick are you?! If they don’t constantly try to fly away, avoid the owner or have any injuries THEN THEY ARE HAPPY! People these days assuming things like it’s their business!
Butch Craven so throw it into the wild and watch the lil shit starve cuz it’s a TAMED and BRED. Wats worse for you? Kind humans raise them, Or they starve?
Agree. Most owls i know, are part of human lifestyle known as barn Owls on farms etc. They are there within the family life to keep out mice etc but free also.
I'm POSITIVE the owl is happy. It's like keeping any other animal. Actually, if one were to make any argument like this, parrots and dogs should be off limits because of their intelligence. Are they? Of course not! Yes, they're both high maintenance but if you can deliver both parties are happy. Owls, on the other hand, are not the sharpest pair of battle claws in the cupboard. Don't get me wrong, they're brilliant hunters, but as far as brains and intelligence, they don't win the vole. As long as they're properly cared for and happy, it's the same as keeping any other animal.
@@pidgedidge I'm POSITIVE that if you took the owl out into the woods it would fly off and leave it's chained up life behind.... My dog isn't chained up or even fenced......my ducks are free roaming too and could fly off, but they choose not to...
@Psywriter lol...rural Australia, you little snowflake...as a pup, my dog would have hung around it's mum...it could have wandered off....and probably die....but she didn't......where does the chaining her up come in?.....i have land and other people don't.....so that gives them the justification to chain up an animal for their own amusement? For a ' writer '...you don't make much sense
@Psywriter A ' safety precaution ' ?...how about, you don't try to control animals that aren't yours to control?....how about you stop playing god for you're own pleasure?...mother nature has her own balance, she takes care of it...you are saying that chaining is necessary...okay, i apologise calling you a snowflake, and ramp that up to a ' self centered individual that wants to cage animals, under the guise of ' saving them '.... and stop putting so many blank voids in your comments...just because you take space, doesn't make you more important...lol
People are saying that wearing anklets for Owls are bad when actually it is just a safety precaution. Sure, you can set it free from time to time when you have time inside the house. If you bring it outside without anklets then it might fly away and again ‘if it is bred, it cannot survive in the wild’ which I completely agree on. The Owl’s safety is your responsibility along with many others and if you think anklets are bad then you should not keep an owl for you are just saying you completely trust the owl even though the creature will try to run away from you because you are a stranger to them. Animals like Owls are unpredictable in behaviour so if you do not try and follow the basics, you will lose your pet and it will be your fault. I am pressing this matter hard on people because I have once lost my own pet due to me not having a leash on them. It is harder to move on from because I felt so attached to it, please heed advice from the person who still has a healthy, happy owl than your own personal opinion. Your thoughts can never always be true and accurate and you must learn to accept that. Do your own research and if your pet needs safety precautions like putting leashes on them, do it. I hope you all understand this message and follow it to avoid future loss.
I'm sorry but this video is sad. I say that because this owl will never be able to experience the freedom of full flight. It will spend it's life tethered to a piece of leather or rope. This was not how these birds were meant to live. In some ways it is a form of disrespect to nature itself.
SIESIE CHAMPION prisoners are at the extreme. They did bad stuff, so they are contained as punishment. They don’t get the level of affection that this owl does
@@dandan6778 lol so your not fine with birds being locked up in a cage, but... your ok with lizards being taken out of their habitat to be put in a terrarium, where they get only virtual sunlight and nowhere to explore and hunt their food. i agree on the part were you said the don't move and shit lol, i own two white tree fogs and they just sit in their log, but my terrarium is bigger than the recommended size so they are fine.
It is illegal to keep owls without special permits in most countries. The United States does not allow private individuals to keep native owls as pets--they may only be possessed by trained, licensed individuals while being rehabilitated, as foster parents in a rehabilitation facility, as part of a breeding program or for educational purposes. Ten other reasons why you wouldn't want an owl for a pet: www.internationalowlcenter.org/owlsaspets.html
Jessica Rose he is not chained it’s just leather straps and leather is smooth and most wild raptors feet are scaly and dry so the skin/whatever it’s called doesn’t get irritated
Behzad you realize that this owl was imprinted by vegan hippie owls scream for there mothers, and domesticated owls are severely different from wild ones this one is just a beautiful mommas owl and there is nothing wrong with that
Everyone talking about how they don't want one anymore because of the screeching ... *Me a bird owner sitting in the corner while my bird fly around my room screeching their asses off*
everyone says that they don't want an owl anymore but i think they only look at the bad things they are definetly lovely birds and i hope to own one after a permit
They can’t survive in the wild since they were bred and is use to captivity. You would be sending them to death because they expect food to be handed to them because they are so use to it and they don’t know how to hunt. So you can’t just let them go
"I would never shackle my pet" You guys are applying human emotions to a bird, it doesn't give a shit, it's not standing there pondering the philosophy involved with being captive.
Yeah! Remember that we as humans are totally infallible, and science has never been revised, and we have ALL the scientific evidence we need forever. I hope I can be as smart as you are certain one day.
Owning an owl to me is like when people declaw their cats or dock their dogs tails... it's senseless. The ONLY reason that ANYONE should have an owl in their home is to either rehabilitate it and then set it free again OR if the owl has something wrong with it (such as missing limbs or irreparable damage that inhibits their ability to survive on their own in the wild.) Keeping a mysterious and REASONABLY illusive creature such as this is PURE travesty.
(Three reasons) 1. Owls are wild not domesticated 2. Keeping an owl chained indoors is cruel and stupid and this woman is wrong 3. The two of you are morons for thinking this is okay
@@bananaborz1 "keeping a dog chained to a leash is cruel and stupid and this woman is wrong". Do you see how stupid this fucking argument is? I GUARANTEE that this owl lives a much happier, safer and longer life in captivity, and you obviously have no idea what you're talking about. The owl was almost certainly imprinted on humans when it was born, and would almost certainly not survive in the wild. Breeding owls for captivity is a whole other argument, but whats your alternative here? Let the owl die?
I see people here in the comments complaining about the owl having to wear shackles, and how the owl is being “imprisoned”. So does that mean walking your dog on a leash is slavery? Or taking your cat to the vet while in a carrier makes it a prisoner? 😕😒
The thing is that dogs even without a collar would still come back to its owner. A clear indication that it feels a sense of belonging with humans. This bird, as she said, would fly away if the shackles are undone. That means it does not want to be there at all. It doesn’t feel a connection with her and doesn’t even respond to her. Why keep it? It doesn’t want to act like a pet because it’s a wild animal.
I rehabilitated an injured barn owl that couldn't fly. He would only eat live food like mice and baby rats. He would not eat hamburger or steak. In 3 months, he was well enough to fly away. He never showed any sign of warmth or attachment to human beings. Instead, he would try to nip me whenever I presented food to him. He hung around my house for a while afterwards, because I recognized his hissy screech at night.
Damn, who would have thought teaching how to properly take care of an owl would make people so uptight and sensitive. It's not like this is the first time we did stuff like this with animals before, even our ancestors had animals every now and then for a special purpose. People are so damn sensitive these days..Well regardless of what everyone says thanks for the input 👍🏽!
People get so upset 😂 it's a well taken care of and loved pet and people are still moaning. Yet I bet none of them are volunteering to rescue actual abused and abandoned animals. They don't care as much as the like to pretend they do.
Please stop saying that you don't want to tie your owl down. You're going to have to, because they may not come back someday if you let them go. Trust me this has happened, My friend had an owl as a pet and she let in fly around the house. It messed up everything. Then she let it go outside, and it never came back. Please listen this woman because she knows what she is talking about.
Depends on how you view things: in the wild they are free but I guess they have a tougher life: there isn't always enough food, the winters can become very cold, a lot of owls die very young because of diseases etc... In the wild an owl becomes 1 or 2 years old, in captivity it can become 25-30 years old.
Vegan Hippie Yeah, but ask yourself what's better for the animal. A shorter life but with the opportunity to be free and explore it's natural instincts or a longer life but being chained and kept inside a house. Wild animals are wild animals for a reason. You're depriving it from it's right to be free and live a fulfilling life.
Mjloveah your moral values are extremely biased and selfish. Even if they are captive it doesn't mean they're unhappy. It's the same for you. You have all the freedom in the world to quit your day job and go live out in the woods but you dont want to because you actually enjoy the comfort of your home and knowing you have warmth and food ready. I dont know why people like you think you have some sort of high moral because you state basic arguments in RU-vid comments. But the reality of ik t is is that some animals are born with a disadvantage and are taken into captivity for a better, longer, and healthier life. This is why animal sanctuaries exist. Barn owls specifically were once endangered and still pretty much are. Us taking them into captivity and keeping them as pets made their species able to grow and continue to grow. You need to get off your high horse looking down at people who keep pets like this because your logic is ignorant and embarrassing
Drcu1a So you're saying that an animal that has lived for milions of years in the wild and continuous to do so is better off being kept inside of a house in a cage with a chain attached to it's leg instead of being set free? And I agree that injured wild animals and animals born with some sort of disadvantage should be taken care of but in this case this is a perfectly healthy animal... The fact that it needs to be chained shows so obviously that it simply doesn't belong there. There's a big difference between domesticated and wild. Wild animals have much stronger instincts that are connected to their specific habitat. With that in mind depriving it from exploring it's basic insticts and keeping it captive because YOU feel like this is what is best for it just screams selfishness to me. There's a reason why keeping them as pets is illegal in most countries. So I am not sure who needs to get off their high horse and stop being ignorant in this case.
Mjloveah you ever considered that its humans fault why sime of these species are endangered, and im nit talking about the people who keep them in sanctuaries or as pets but the crazies who haunt these birds because of superstition or for their feathers. Theres a reason why theres sucha strict law on owning/hunting/harmibg these animals and its specifically because of that. Am i saying these animals are inable to take care of themselves? No. Most animals can. But when we're the ones over hunting and exposing them its only right we take care of them and bring them back to populations. And thats what she does she's and educator and an awareness teacher. Your logic is insane
In reality, it is not. First of all, all native owls (including the snowy owl) are protected. This makes it very illegal to own one as a pet, let alone own a piece of one. However, zoos and other animal facilities, as well as those in the falconry industry, are exempt from this law. But, in other countries, people own owls, and I’ve read that it’s a very hard experience.
It was falconers that brought the peregrine falcon back from the brink of extinction after DDT destroyed the wild population. Falconry has also helped a very large portion of other breeds bolster their numbers through breeding and releasing. Most raptors die their first year and never become confident enough to hunt lager prey such as rabbits. It has been proven through double blind studies that falconry has a positive effect on all wild populations involved. .
