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Reading Police Free Owl Trapped In Soccer Net

Police said the owl flew off uninjured after it was freed from a net at the Wood End School.

Police officers freed an owl trapped in a soccer net at the Wood End School.
Police officers freed an owl trapped in a soccer net at the Wood End School. (Reading Police Department)

READING, MA — Police officers freed a trapped owl in Reading on Tuesday.

Officers Graciale and Woodward were called to the Wood End School for a report of an owl trapped in a soccer net.

With the help of Environmental Police, the officers freed the owl, which flew off uninjured, the Reading Police Department said.

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