I have a wildlife zoo

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"Teacher Bai, can I borrow your phone for a moment?"

Tang Xiaoxin borrowed Teacher Bai's phone and logged onto her QQ.

Although she had a phone, she definitely couldn't bring it to school, for if it were discovered, it would surely be confiscated, and then she would have to call her parents.

At that moment, the biology teacher Old Li also came over, and Teacher Bai gestured frantically, "Old Li, what do you think we should do about this?"

By then, the owl was still glaring with its eyes, "tap tap" pecking with its beak, while one of its eyes kept blinking non-stop.

Old Li glanced at it and said, "Hey, this one's feathers are all puffed up—it's stressed."

Teacher Bai, not understanding, asked, "Stressed, what's that?"

"Stress is when animals find themselves in a state of panic or tension upon sensing danger. For instance, if you were locked in a cage with a very fierce tiger and accidentally stepped on its tail, wouldn't you be afraid?" Old Li gave a vivid example.

Teacher Bai imagined the scenario of sharing a cage with a tiger and subconsciously tensed up, "I see. So what should we do? Should we catch it and put it in a cardboard box?"

Old Li shook his head, "I'm not too clear on this, but we probably shouldn't touch it. Let's step back and give the owl a quiet and relaxed environment."

"Wait a second, let me take a photo first!"

Tang Xiaoxin snapped a photo of the owl and then they all stepped back, closing the door to the water supply room behind them.

Old Li was puzzled, "Why isn't she going to class?"

Teacher Bai explained, "Tang Xiaoxin said she has the contact information for the director of Linhai Zoo, so we let her get in touch to see if the zoo could come and take the owl away."

"Oh! If the zoo is handling it, then there shouldn't be any problem."

Old Li's eyes lit up, praising, "Speaking of which, I visited their zoo during the holidays and it was indeed quite nice. Some students even asked me about it after class. Why don't we suggest to the school to organize a trip there sometime? It would definitely increase their interest in learning about wildlife."

Teacher Bai's brows furrowed slightly as he pondered, remaining silent for the moment.

Meanwhile, Tang Xiaoxin had started typing.

"Brother Fang Ye!"

"An owl flew into our school."

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"What should we do? Should we catch it?"

After sending the message, she felt a bit anxious, unsure if Fang Ye was busy and whether he would see it.

Fang Ye muttered to himself after seeing the message from Tang Xiaoxin on QQ, "Is it a rain day—no classes?"

Only after seeing the message did he realize that an owl had flown into the school and was seeking his help.

He was now studying various wildlife knowledge every day and had come to know a bit about owls.

Owls are not a single specific species of bird but rather a general term for the species of birds belonging to the order Strigiformes.

Raptors include the bird species from both the Falconiformes and Strigiformes orders, and when many people think of raptors, they often imagine large birds like bald eagles, golden eagles, and cinereous vultures. Despite their large, glittering eyes that make them seem adorable, owls are no less raptors than these other birds.

Looking at the photo, this owl's body was a yellow-brown color, with thick black spots on its chest, obvious horizontal and vertical stripes on its flanks, rust-brown wings, and black-bordered long ear tufts on either side of its eyes, resembling erect ears.

Though ruffled by the rain and looking a bit bedraggled with clumped feathers, one could still recognize it—it was a Eurasian eagle-owl! A widely distributed but rarely seen species of owl.

Its yellow eyes were bulging like brass bells, and its body feathers puffed up, indicating it was quite frightened.

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Generally speaking, for raptors trapped in buildings, as long as they are not injured, opening a window to let them fly away on their own is sufficient.

However, since it's raining heavily outside, the Eurasian eagle-owl flew into the school obviously to take shelter from the rain, so it's not possible to let it fly out directly. The rain won't stop any time soon, and there are so many people in the school, we still need to go over and rescue it.

Texting might not make things clear, so Fang Ye initiated a QQ voice call!

Tang Xiaoxin exclaimed excitedly, "He responded!"

She handed the phone to Old Bai.

"Hello? Is this Tang Xiaoxin?"

"Ah, I'm her homeroom teacher. Last name Bai, Bai Peng!"

"Teacher Bai, hello, I am Fang Ye, the director of Linhai Zoo. The situation is like this, the eagle-owl is very frightened right now, do not let anyone approach it further, to avoid startling it."

"Mhm, it's in the water supply room right now, and we've already backed out!"

"Alright, just leave it there on its own, your attempting to catch it might injure it, and you could also get scratched. Send me your location and we'll come over."

"Eh eh, this is Linhai No.2 Middle School. I'll give you my phone number, so you can call me when you arrive."

"No need to be so polite, Teacher Bai." Fang Ye suddenly remembered this was a school and added, "Also, if you could remind the students, please try to keep quiet around the area when classes end. It might take us over an hour to get there."

Old Bai promised continuously, "Eh, all right, all right." Continue your saga on empire

Anxiously, Tang Xiaoxin asked on the side, "How did it go?"

"The director said they will come over later, told us not to touch it and to keep the surrounding area quiet." Just as Old Bai was about to return the phone to Tang Xiaoxin, he suddenly remembered the phone was his own, took it back and waved his hand, "Okay, go back to your study session."

Tang Xiaoxin hurriedly said, "Old Bai, let me log out of QQ!"

While sending Fang Ye his mobile number, Old Bai shook his head, "As if someone wants to look at your chat history. There, logged out."

On the way back, Tang Xiaoxin thought about the big crowd of students who were around earlier, making noise and causing a commotion, and felt sorry for the owl.

It probably had never been watched by so many frightening bipeds before, its psychological shadow must have skyrocketed...

After hanging up the QQ voice call, Fang Ye also sprang into action!

He made a phone call to Lan Li.

"Director, what's going on?"

Fang Ye was concise, "A Eurasian eagle-owl flew into Linhai No.2 Middle School. We're heading out to rescue it now! Do you have clean towels? Bring two."

"Got it!"

Lan Li originally thought Fang Ye was calling to chat with her, feeling pleased with herself, but the moment she heard this, she became serious instantly, quickly taking out two unused towels from the wardrobe, putting on a raincoat, and hurriedly rushing out.

Fang Ye then called the security guard Lei Zhi to be the driver.

Transporting raptors requires a transport cage. During transportation, the cage should be covered. The darkness inside is safe and can reduce stress responses in the birds. A layer of non-slip material should also be laid down. Organic materials like hay or straw can easily grow Aspergillus spores, so it's best to use a carpet or towel instead.

He had never rescued birds before and had not prepared a raptor transport box. However, that was not a problem, as there were some cardboard boxes from previous online purchases of books and snacks that had been opened and not yet thrown away.

Fang Ye estimated the height of the eagle-owl and found a box that was about half a meter tall, just the right size for the eagle-owl to naturally stand and turn around without flapping its wings and risk injury.

The transport box also needed breathing holes for ventilation, which could be poked with scissors on the way there.

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