After nearly two months recovering at the Carolina Raptor Center in Huntersville, N.C., barred owl Luna’s release back into the wild was expected to take place in front of the Pegram household where she was rescued. But after some wires were crossed with her paperwork, she was released during a festival in Gaston County, N.C. Nine-year-old Madalyn Pegram was surprised when mom Stacy told her she wouldn’t get to see her owl released.