A sad end for Leuven owl family: father dead, mother missing and chicks taken to a bird sanctuary | VRT NWS: news

There are no more eagle-owls in the centre of the Flemish Brabant city of Leuven. The Leuven Alderman responsible for the Environment Thomas Van Oppens (green) has told VRT News that the family of eagle owls that had taken up residence in the heart of Leuven have now all gone. The father owl has died, while the mother owl has flown the nest and has not been seen for some time. Council workers used cherry-pickers to rescue the eagle-owl chicks out of the nest built by their parents in Leuven City