Russell Burt was ordered to stop taking his pet owls for walks in Plympton.
Burt, 74, who is licensed to keep owls, has enjoyed taking his pets on walks – one at a time – for nine years.
He has seven birds of prey – Ben, a Bengal eagle owl, Spot, an African spotted eagle owl, Mika, a tawny owl he rescued after a road accident, an African white-faced scops owl called Scoppy and three barn owls, Misty, Chas and Scruff.
Council officials ordered him to stop for health and safety reasons.
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