“The owls in Harry Potter books were never intended to portray the true behaviour or preferences of real owls.”
Owls were once called burung hantu in Malay but are now known as burung Harry Potter, or Harry Potter birds.
The Harry Potter phenomenon has broken publishing and cinema box-office records and spawned a series of lucrative theme parks.
Several other countries have in the past noted increases in sales of owls, which they have also blamed on the popularity of Harry Potter books and films.