Further setback for owl sanctuary

No trace of the bird has been found

Another rare owl has been stolen from a Cumbrian centre where two birds were killed a week ago.

Raiders decapitated two African Marsh Owls after getting into the Furness Owls Centre, in Barrow, on 20 August.

On Tuesday morning, Cumbria Police said another of the owls was stolen and no trace of it has been found.

Owner Steve Jones was the first person in the UK to breed the owls earlier this year and said the loss of the birds was a devastating blow.

In the first incident, the African Marsh Owls' necks were wrung so violently that they were decapitated.

Cumbria Police said they believe the birds were deliberately targeted in the attack.