'My heart finally started beating again': Owl trapped in concrete mixer soars free after 'nerve-wracking' recovery

'My heart finally started beating again': Owl trapped in concrete mixer soars free after 'nerve-wracking' recovery

At Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah, staff recently cared for an unusual patient: an adolescent great horned owl rescued from a concrete mixer at a resort construction site. Almost from the moment he was discovered, the owl's survival became a community effort. Construction workers found the bird inside a truck-mounted mixer while pouring concrete in late October, according to The Associated Press. They immediately rinsed him off and…