The distressing image of a cavity-nesting bird trapped at the bottom of a vault toilet pushed the folks at the Teton Raptor Center in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to solve a shortcoming of pit toilets found in parks across North America and serviced by pumping companies.
The wildlife rehabilitation center receives several reports every year of wildlife becoming trapped in vault toilets, sometimes with fatal consequences and sometimes when they can make a rescue. Typically trapped are owls, kestrels (a type of falcon) and other birds that mistake the rooftop vent stack for a hollowed-out tree or fence post when looking for
