Re: blue heron fiasco

Sarasota county has a squad of volunteers--like master gardeners--who are bird rescuers. I had a friend who was one when I first moved down here. They were affiliated with "Pelican Man," an animal rescue convalescent hospital that nurses injured animals [mostly birds] back to health. He would get phone calls all hours of the day and night to go capture some injured bird and cart it back to the hospital.

On Apr 26, 2005, at 3:47 PM, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center wrote:

I think it is mainly a matter of knowing who to call. Understandably, the
boy's parents called animal control - which I knew wouldn't be able to
handle it. But as a city agency, animal control should know the correct
procedures, as should the fire dept, and DNR. My first thought would be the
area wildlife refuge people. We have organizations that handle endangered
species like Peregrin Falcons. These people would know how to act more
quickly and might even have easy access to authorization for handling the
bird.

Donna wrote "They are also very mean and dangerous, especially when
hurt", and yes, I've read that. Still, properly trained people, with
tranquilizers should be able to handle it. I imagine that poor little kid
seeing this in his dreams at night. And worse yet, I imagine the horrible
ordeal that bird went through.

I watched part of the Great Waldo Pepper the other night and saw the part
where Redford's buddy was caught in a crashed plane and he couldn't get him
out. He needed help to lift the plane, but all the people had rushed over
to just gawk and wouldn't help him. Instead someone flicked a cigarette and
set the poor guy on fire. I've never understood gawkers. If someone (man
or bird) needs help - then help - or at the very least get out of the way.

Kitty


----- Original Message -----
From: "Zemuly Sanders" <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] blue heron fiasco


Well, doesn't that make it even more ridiculous!  You know, I am often

glad

that I'm inclined to act without thinking when it comes to wildlife.

Don't
know if I could have done anything in the case of the heron, but I would
have most assuredly tried. I'm constantlly getting involved with 'stuff'
in

case you couldn't guess.
zem
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] blue heron fiasco



it is a federal offense to touch that bird....

Donna

--- Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center
<4042N15@nationalhearing.com> wrote:

I'm not sure what is wrong with the folks around
here.  Everything is always
someone else's problem.
A locla column today wrote about a lttle boy who saw
a great blue heron
hanging upside down in a cottonwood tree, trying to
get untangled.  They
called animal control, the fire department, the DNR,
all of which said they
couldn't do anything.  After 6 hrs the bird was
bloody from the high winds
and its efforts to get loose so DNR authorized
shooting it - if anyone
happened to have a gun, which finally someone found.
 Unfortunately, the
carcass is still hanging there.  They said someone
finally called a tree
service the next day, hoping they can get it down.

I'm not sure what should be done, but don't you
think the second largest
county in Indiana should have some plan in place for
such problems?
Kitty



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