Nature Calls: Barnstormers!

17 October 2016 - 10:12
By Claire Keeton

Kelly Sekgota feared owls before she started hand-rearing a pair of barn owls at her school on the edge of Alexandra . "I was scared of the myth that owls were used for witchcraft, but I found out they were friendly birds," said Sekgota, a pupil in Grade 9 at Marlboro Gardens Combined School - one of 63 schools in Gauteng to take part in the Township Owl Box Project.

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