Police put out an alert after the owl, called Scrote, disappeared from his perch at the North Devon Bird of Prey Centre, based at the Milky Way adventure park near Clovelly.[NL][NL]Falconer David Rampling was particularly concerned after thieves scaled the fence and took the owl, because Scrote had been hand-reared from a hatchling and would have been unable to survive in a wild environment had he been let loose to fend for himself.[NL][NL]He feared the theft could have been sparked by the latest craze for pet owls, following the phenomenal success of the Harry Potter books, with more and more people seeking their own owl...[NL][NL]thanks ihp.net