Hundreds of owls are being abandoned across [England] after being bought as pets by Harry Potter fans.
Sanctuaries are full of the birds now the craze has faded after the release of the final Harry Potter film last year.
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The Harry Potter owl craze echoes that of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle film in the early 1990s, when thousands of unwanted pet terrapins were dumped in Britain’s rivers, canals and lakes.
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