A UK falconer trains owls to deliver rings at wedding ceremony
It is a growing wedding trend for couples who enjoy animal appearances at their nuptials. Cats and dogs have long done the honors for couples who don’t have, or don’t want, a person for the task. Wedding ceremonies are increasingly incorporating other animals, including alpacas, goats and even penguins.
Groom Derek Derby said guests probably took more photos of Juno the owl than of him and his bride at their Jan. 27 weddings in Chester, England.
Owl ring bears have become more popular at British weddings in the years since the success of the Harry Potter books and films, in a nod to Hedwig, Harry’s snowy owl that was delivered mail without an address, bird trainer Ryan Stocks said.
Juno is one of Stocks’s two ring bearer owls.