Investigators are attempting to determine what caused the death of the young owls, which appear to have died at the same time. The animals were found Tuesday, May 28 in the 1500 block of East Prospect Lane, near North Campbell Avenue and West River Road.
Those with information about the case are asked to contact the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Operation Game Thief Hotline at 800-352-0700. Callers may report anonymously if need be, and should reference OGT #19-001424 when calling. Area homeowners have pledged an additional $500 reward for information leading to an arrest.
This article appears in May 30 – Jun 5, 2019.
If they landed that close together without gunshot wounds…it was a mid air collision. It happens all the time.
It doesn’t say that there were no gunshot wounds. It says that cause of death is still being determined.
And it is almost certain that they did not fly into each other in mid-air and then land in perfectly symmetrical placement right next to each other on the ground. In fact, that’s a ludicrous suggestion. The phenomenon of birds colliding in mid-air is practically unheard of, and in fact has been the subject of scientific study to determine how they are able to always avoid it, even while flying in crowded flocks.
They were either arranged that way for the purposes of taking the photo, or arranged that way by the person(s) who killed them.