Driving along a country road yesterday miles from anywhere. We came across a pheasant sitting. obviously inured in the middle of the road. Stopped the car husband got out and approached. The pheasant tried to move and it awkwardly and obviously painfully made it to the verge. Both legs were buggared and its wing was broken. What would U do next?
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With such bad injuries, I think if you are able to do it, you should put it out of it's agony and kill it. Same thing happened to us some years ago and we rang a bird sanctuary, who on hearing the bird's injuries advised us that it was kinder to kill it. A passing farmer stopped to see what was wrong and he did the dreaded deed.
It obviously helps if you can speak to an expert for advice. Got a feeling though you found some one who is trying to care for it.
I agree with Brenda. It might be the hardest thing for any animal lover to do but, in certain circumstances, it is the kindest. Many years ago, when my sister was learning to drive, a rabbit ran straight out and under the wheels of the car. Dad got out and had a look at it. Although it was just about breathing he knew the rabbit had absolutely no hope of survival so he did what had to be done to relieve its suffering.
The necessity of bird-watching is a really good reason for avoiding all forms of housework.
The dust will still be there tomorrow - the birds may not be!
Yep, we did. Or rather husband rang its neck. But I have to say I was really annoyed with the people in the car that had obviously hit and kept driving. They must have known. Think thats despicable
It's good when you have someone around to "do the deed" without putting the animal/bird through more suffering - my Dad was always very good at this, but I know I would be too nervous.
He didn't always take drastic action, though. Once we were all sitting in the garden when I spotted a smooth snake having trouble trying to swallow quite a large frog. My Grandad's reaction was to get a spade to chop the snake to release the frog, but Dad calmly picked them up and successfully released the frog, unharmed, without harming the "slow worm".
Ospreys Rule OK, but Goldfinches come a close second!
Soosin, the driver would have know if they had hit a pheasant but then there have been cases of drivers who have kept going after having hit a pedestrian.