Original post – 19 Apr 2026
by Raptor Refuge

located in Kettering, Tasmania, Australia 🇦🇺
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Initial post – 23 Mar 2026

We currently have a sick display bird at the Raptor Refuge and her name is Peaches. Peaches is a very old Tasmanian Masked Owl. She has a little friend to keep her company, Patch. Patch and Peaches have been together for around 10 years now, moving to different aviaries with each other. They’re best friends. For the time being she going to get midnight snacks (and hidden tablets inside them) until she gets better.

Peaches update – 19 April 2026

No two days at the refuge look the same. You never quite know what you’re walking into and honestly, we wouldn’t have it any other way.
We were so grateful to have the team from @wildliferecoveryau visit recently. The work they do, and the support they bring, means more than we can say.
And Peaches, our beautiful Peach. She’s been with us for almost as long as the refuge has existed @ziggy_raptorrefuge grew up alongside her. At some point these birds stop being birds in your care and just become… family. Peaches has always been that.

She had a little infection, so it’s almost been three weeks since she’s been on her antibiotics.

Her recovery is going well and we’ll share a proper update soon. 🖤

Peaches update – 19 May 2026

She’s currently got a midday snack and she’s feeling much better. She’s a lot more active at night time. She’s walking around on the perches a lot more. The vet said all issues are gone, so I’m sure she’d be smiling now if she could.

… as always she is a joy to be around 🦅

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Link to donate to Raptor Refuge for those willing and able.

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This Masked Owl was featured in an ABC article on native Australian animals that sadly are often killed by rat poisons ☠️

The owl is fine by the way they just needed a model.

Masked Owl from Capes Raptor Centre
located in Margaret River, Western Australia
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Original article by Madigan Landry at ABC South West:
Despair Over Owl Deaths as Regulator in Fourth Year of Rat Bait Review

Summary below in 100 words:

Wildlife carers say rodenticides are having a devastating impact on native wildlife. People buying these poisons – readily available in hardware stores and supermarkets – bait mice and rats, and can inadvertently kill hunter animals like owls that eat the poisoned prey. Owls can eat 1000 mice a year. Local councils in Western Australia are working with wildlife advocates to protect dwindling owl populations by seeking limits on the availability of these poisons and their spread in the food chain. The regulating body APVMA (Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority) was expected to finalise their anticoagulant rodenticides review in July. It is now November.

Note: There’s no donation page on the Capes Raptor site, so if you really want to have an impact, read the original article above and write to APVMA (enquiries@apvma.gov.au) Rark them up about these poisons and remind them their regulatory report is 4 months overdue.

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10th of Owltober!

Original post – 29 Jul 2022
by Gumbuya Wildlife Park
located in Melbourne, Victoria
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In this behind-the-scenes video, ranger Alicia introduces us to Gumbuya Park’s pair of Masked Owls, Flick & Duncan, as they prepare for their monthly weighing.

In order to weigh our owls, we actually wrap them in the towel. It makes them feel secure, and they stay nice and still for us while we put them on the scales.

The Masked Owl is an endangered species and the second largest nocturnal bird (second to Powerful Owl) in Australia.

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Original post – 09 Sep 2020 – Source

(Price per kilogram not available ❌)

by Gumbuya Wildlife Park at Tynong North, Victoria

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Photo credit: @the_real_mpp

“Ever wondered how our Rangers perform health checks on our Masked Owls? Here we have Duncan safely wrapped in a towel to be weighed. We think he looks like a little Owl-burrito”

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