Environmentalists sue over threat to owls

By Bridie Smith
Updated October 22 2014 - 10:13am, first published September 22 2014 - 8:04pm
Gayle Scappell and Jon Rowdon who run the Hepburn Wildlife Shelter from there home at times care for approxiametly 125 - 130 animals, ranging from kangaroos, lizards, eagles, wombats. Photograph of a rare injured powerful owl. 
Simon O'Dwyer
The Age Newspaper
Feb 4th 2013. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
Gayle Scappell and Jon Rowdon who run the Hepburn Wildlife Shelter from there home at times care for approxiametly 125 - 130 animals, ranging from kangaroos, lizards, eagles, wombats. Photograph of a rare injured powerful owl. Simon O'Dwyer The Age Newspaper Feb 4th 2013. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
The Age,NEWS,Melbourne,ZOO
 Magda Szubanski and and four year old masked owl,Clarke come eye to  eye.They  were attending the launch of the  Animis FOundation.ANimis  is the Latin  word  meaning "to  give  life,spirit, or  soul:to animate.The Animus foundation will be the lifeblood of three zoos,Werribee,Healesville,Melbourne to  ensure their  future by providing secure capital to  enable them to carry out their  work.
 Pic Sandy Scheltema.031121.001.003 Photo: Sandy Scheltema
The Age,NEWS,Melbourne,ZOO Magda Szubanski and and four year old masked owl,Clarke come eye to eye.They were attending the launch of the Animis FOundation.ANimis is the Latin word meaning "to give life,spirit, or soul:to animate.The Animus foundation will be the lifeblood of three zoos,Werribee,Healesville,Melbourne to ensure their future by providing secure capital to enable them to carry out their work. Pic Sandy Scheltema.031121.001.003 Photo: Sandy Scheltema

Environmentalists are suing the state government for failing to look after three threatened species of owl found in key logging areas of Gippsland.

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