Trick-or-Treaters run over, trample several owl burrows, conservation group says

At least four owl burrows were damaged or completely destroyed in Cape Coral over the Halloween weekend.

For burrowing owls, it’s a one-way tunnel. If an owl is in its burrow when the ground above caves in, it’s trapped. They can’t dig themselves out. They rely on helping hands to save them, and more importantly, awareness to avoid this from ever happening.

“It’s not crushed in, so that’s the good news,” said Pascha Donaldson, the vice president of Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife.

For most of the day, Donaldson spent her time on all fours, evaluating the damaged burrows and digging through Cape Coral’s soft and sandy soil.