Duck Park Rescue - "Gimpy Gary" (update post#24)

[Bleenie]

I was going to figure out who i needed to talk to about it. writing a local newspaper would eb a good idea though. last time i tried the news they ignored me

it was about a woman that was starving(plus worse!) her birds and lived right on a main road. animal control wouldnt do anything about it wither, i guess because it was "just birds"...idiots. I'm gonna try to get in touch with some people but if it fails i will probably end up writing one of the local papers and hope they think it's a problem too.

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[ScaredOfShadows]

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Bleenie the animal control doing nothing about neglect in poultry isn't surprising. Many states have no laws pertaining to the care and upkeep of birds of any kind, farm birds, domestic birds, exotics, etc...And so unless you happen to have an officer or someone above them who is partial to birds they aren't going to do anything about it because techincally their is no law saying a bird SHOULD have adequate food, water, shelter.

These are laws that need to be changed, becuase I fought with the AC locally about the petstore here because her birds who she wouldn't even sell were in such poor health. finally enough people threatened to demonstrate on her property and her best clients for grooming told her they would retract their business if her birds weren't better cared for, and so for now her birds are decently cared for. but the problem is still there, no enforcement of the care of these animals in many states.

Good luck!

 

[jmc]

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okay, thanks. i don't have those issues out here on the other side of the planet..............!

 

[Bleenie]

The little turd got out yesterday, but was staying in and laying near the kiddie pool when i checked on him. but when i checked on him an hour later he was gone and i couldnt find him anywhere, i was kicking myself in the butt for removing the wood off the top of his run.

i went to check on one of our cows thats due anytime and on my way out to her i saw the little brat hanging out in the creek with 2 Wild Mallard hens! I am going to go back out with some break and try to catch him again. Rotten little turd just sat there like "haha, look at me out here in the water..bet ya can't get me now!"

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

Bleenie, that is too funny. Bet he's thinking "Wow two women...al to myself!?!"

I see him doing the gimpy gary happy dance.!

Goodluck on catching him!

 

[Bleenie]

Well it seems like he's wise to my tricks! I tried bread and then I even tried bread with the rest of the ducks out there...he was having NONE of that! the little brat. He can obviously fly well & i am sure he will be sleeping on the water tonight so i am keeping my fingers crossed that he'll be safe.
he may just end up being a relocated free duck, lol. but if that's how it ends up being at least he isn't being picked on and doesn't have all that competition for food, he was pretty happy digging around in the muddy creek bed.