Chinese woman finds family of owls nesting inside her range hood
She decided to not to disturb them but to them leave of their own accord
After finding an owl had laid eggs in her stove’s exhaust fan pipe, a woman in central China decided not to use the gas burner to prepare meals to prevent smoke entering the pipe and harming the young hatchlings, according to national news portal.
The woman, surnamed Wen, said she would let the adult owl and her babies decide when to leave, and in the meantime would continue cooking on an electric cooker.
Her actions have been applauded online, with people describing them “acts of love”.
The woman, from said that one day in late May she saw some grass and twigs poking through a hole in the pipe and heard some sounds inside. The next day she saw a bird flying around the pipe. Out of curiosity, Wen opened the pipe and found the mother owl and six eggs.
Her actions have been applaud online with people describing her act as “full of love”.