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  Missing eagle owl found dead
Updated 15 April 2003, 18.22
An eagle owl
A huge eagle owl that went missing in Essex has been found - but sadly he's now dead.

Four-year-old Jazz went missing on Saturday and there were worries that he may start preying on small cats, dogs and rabbits when he got really hungry.

But Jazz was himself the prey for a fox.

He was found under a bush streets away from his home.

At around half a metre tall and with a huge wingspan it was thought the owl would be a match for any animal found in Ilford in Essex, where he lived.

Largest owl in world

An eagle owl

The European eagle owl is the largest of any kind of owl in the world, and has been known to hunt foxes and small deer.

Jazz flew away from his owner Mark Triphook when he was being exercised in a park near his home.

Mark reckons that because Jazz was bred as a pet, he was far too tame to hurt any other animals, and that's why the fox managed to get him.

He said: "They are powerful birds but the more tame you make them the more you take away their natural instincts."

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