
The MBTA reports workers teamed up to help a dazed owl that butted heads with a trolley in Brookline last night.
The bird somehow came into contact with a Riverside Line trolley around 11:25 p.m. in Brookline Village, the T reports. Driver Hoa Tran got out, carried the bird off the tracks and to a bench at the station and radioed in for help.
Two supervisors arrived, confirmed the bird was an owl and still alive, put it in a cardboard box and then started calling around for more help. Animal control officers in both Brookline and Boston, the MSPCA and Mass. Environmental Police all expressed regrets - they had nobody to send. The Tufts veterinary center in North Grafton reported it could care for the bird, but also had nobody to send out.
Inspector McLaughlin volunteered to transport the owl on his own to the Grafton facility when his shift was over.
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Adorable!
By Elmer
Thu, 08/25/2016 - 12:03pm
[sup] ( and Best Wishes for a speedy recovery! )[/sup]
Thank you!
By lrider
Thu, 08/25/2016 - 12:28pm
Inspector McLaughlin
No good deed goes unpunished
By Will LaTulippe
Thu, 08/25/2016 - 12:35pm
Little guy still has a "don't (expletive) with me" look on his face.
Owls are straight up badasses
By anon
Thu, 08/25/2016 - 5:20pm
No 2 ways about it.
Stone killers too
What a caring driver to go
By Patricia not lo...
Thu, 08/25/2016 - 12:52pm
What a caring driver to go out of his way to do this as well as the Inspector that offered to deliver the Owl to Tufts.
Good job!
Owl say!
By Neil
Thu, 08/25/2016 - 5:55pm
Thanks for giving a hoot, gents.
Man, what a tease that
By ZachAndTired
Thu, 08/25/2016 - 2:56pm
Man, what a tease that headline is. I hope that little guy is ok though.
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