Friday, December 30, 2005

 

Club 3000 helps rescue trapped owl at landfill

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Club 3000 inspector Dick Harvey helped rescue a Great Horned Owl Thursday morning while he performed an inspection of Republic Services' Countywide landfill at approximately 8:00 a.m.

Harvey had proceeded down a hill at the site to inspect a methane gas flare before ending his inspection. After inspecting the flare, Harvey returned up the same hill to conclude his inspection. As he and Republic Services' employee Jim Stagerwalt approached a plastic debris fence at the hill's crest, they noticed the owl tangled in the fence. . Read more