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International
Owl Society
International Owl Society 20th Anniversary
Congratulations to the UK based International Owl Society (IOS) which recently celebrated the
20th Anniversary of its founding at a meeting held at the Cotswold Wildlife Park in Oxfordshire!
The IOS was established in 1996 to provide a worldwide forum for all of those interested in owls and to provide a
conduit through which knowledge and experience could be channelled. Being neither competitive or elitist it welcomes
membership from individuals who share a passion or interest in owls
The Society has been active in the field of conservation since its inception and has supported conservation work in
Nigeria, Uganda, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic. It currently supports the Wildlife Conservation Society's Blakiston's
Fish Owl Project in Russia where the diminution of fish owl habitat can be directly linked to the collapse of the old Soviet
Union and the end of logging restrictions from that era
The Society house magazine "Tyto" is published four times each year, 3 of which are Electronic and 1 "Hard-copy", which
are free to members.
The IOS in has run its own Owl First Aid courses and
Educational Seminars for members and produced its own
publications including the much acclaimed "Housing and
Presenting Owls" by Bernard Sayers.
The Society holds two meetings each year which are held at
eminent Bird of Prey and Zoological Centres within the UK.
Membership of the IOS costs £20 per annum which at current
exchange rates represents very good value for non-UK
residents.
To find out more visit: www.international-owl-society.com
(A new website is arriving around the end of the year)
To receive a sample copy of Tyto the IOS house-magazine
please pay GBP5.00 at paypal@international-owl-society.
com (message Tyto sample) and we will mail you a copy
of our December 2015 issue.
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Photo by Mark Whittaker