How do i get rid of it...*pics*

[Okie Amazon]

I once found a Great Horned Owl youngster standing by the side of a road. He had tried to snack on some road kill and got hit. He was concussed, and more seriously, had a lot of bleeding into his left eye. I took him to work with me (at that time I was at the animal emergency clinic), and we treated him for his shock and x-rayed for any skull fractures (none found). It was several days before we could get him to WildCare (the rehabbers) and before that he needed to go to the vet opthamology specialist. He drained some blood and removed a small clot from his eye. He was very laid back and "tame" when being handled. Due to the eye injury, he could not be released into the wild again. Now he is a "spokes-owl" for the re-habbers and goes to schools and public outings!

 

[Pele]

This was such a fun thread to read, and inspirational! Bless you for doing the right thing, and bless you for your care in handling that beautiful bird.

Too many people incorrectly handle wildlife, and the wildlife always suffers for their ignorance. Unless an animal has been modified by centuries of domestication, it's not a pet. It won't ever be a pet, it won't be happy as a pet, it won't bond with you like a pet would. And the only one punished at the end of that song and dance is the animal when it's thrown away because it's too 'unfriendly' and requires inconvenient amounts of work.

I live near the World Center for Birds of Prey (solely responsible for saving the Peregrine Falcons), and visit often to marvel at these birds. And every time I go, they try VERY hard to educate people about these animals, it's so uplifting to know that the hard work of rehabilitators everywhere is successful

 

[mrpekinduck]

Yay thats great!!

 

[watchdogps]

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Me too. Just like people who move into the mountains and then kill the bear that breaks into their kitchen. Hellooooooo! You are in their home!
There is also another reason NOT to kill predators - by doing so, you are actually just making room for more, and setting up for population GROWTH in the future. Most animals set up territories, and killing them just allows another one to move in. By making your property inhospitable to the resident predator, they will avoid your area and at the same time keep others of that species away.
Killing enough to reduce the population allows the prey animals in that area to multiply more and in a few years provide a great food supply for predators, which leads to larger litters and lower neonatal mortality, thus MORE predators.

 

[TBJumper0514]

This was a great story and your pics were amazing....oh, and that cat is awesome! I hope you get a good update on him. Falconry is something I am dying to get in to, but I want to wait until I buy a house/acreage and get done with school...so maybe in a year or so I will be able to start the process.

 

[86121]

And the news everyone has been waiting for...
I got the call this morning, that Mr Bird will be able to make a full recovery!
No sickness, no breaks, no injury!
They still think he was someones pet, raised from a baby or something like that, and then released when people "got wise" that what they were doing was against the law.
Opening a new concern that people might be selling baby red tails...
Anyway, as for Mr. Bird there going to try there hardest to be able to release him back into the wild, but with his lack of fear it may cause problems.
I have no idea what they will do from this point on, nor do I think ill be apart of it, but at least he is safe and will be happy from this point on.
Sorry guys no pictures!

 

[Chook-A-Holic]

Great! Thanks for the update.

 

[Pharm Girl]

I like the ending so much more than "I went out with my shotgun and fixed the problem." Yay for caring people like you!

 

[the Pollo Loco]

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help me out here... i don't get it... why would having one be against the law? what part makes it illegal? where's the abuse? these are very sincere questions...

 

[86121]

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In all fairness I haven't lost a hen to a hawk yet, I really think I would have been less "awe poor hawk" if I had ^^;
But then again I do know I would have never been able to shoot it.