Urgent help needed

I have just found a pigeon in my garden.
It looks like it as been attacked by our local killer cat.( another story)
It is upright but looks badly injured, lots of blood.PANIC :eek:

It's hiding under the garden table at the moment, but I have to move it because of the dog.
What do I do?

 

If you take it to your local vets, they are obliged to take in wild animals. They'll probably euthanase it.
Alternatively, call the RSPCA.

 

I phoned my Vet and they told me to take it in.
I have just got back.
I think they will put it out of it's pain.
Better that than being left to suffer or attacked again.
I didn't no you could take wild animals to the vet.
They were very nice and no charge.

 

I phoned the RSPCA once about an injured Fox in my garden.
It looked like it had been knocked down.
They said if you can catch it we'll send someone to pick it up.
:eek:
I told them it was in pain and no way was I going to try and catch it.
They said they couldn't help unless it was contained.

 

I'm glad you got it sorted out Lyn. I hate to think of animals suffering.

Yes. I forgot to mention, vets are obliged to take in wild animals for no charge.

 

I don't mind containing an animal if it needs help but the fox was a full grown male that was not happy.
I tried to get near to it only to be shown a set of teeth. :eek:

How do they expect you to contain a frightened injured fox.

 

I once spotted an injured Heron by the side of the motorway. It was sitting up, but obviously couldn't stand. It was astonishingly trusting and let me pick it up and lay it on the floor of the car. It started thrashing a bit then, but I put my coat over it and it calmed down. You can imagine the face of the vets when I walked in with a fully grown Heron under one arm.

Unfortunately it had broken both its legs. It had probably been hit by the roof of a truck as it was flying low. So it had to be put to sleep. :(

 

The best thing with wild animals is to leave them to nature. The pidgeon would certainly have died by the morning if not from blood loss then from shock.

A heavy blow from a stick would have also done the job. The only time i intervene is with mixy rabits and do as above.

 

Unfortunately there's not many who can kill directly. A trip to the vet for euthenasia is the next best thing.

I often wish I could kill myxomatosis rabbits, it's a stomach churning disease and I hate to see it.

 

...maybe not the best thing for the wild animal though Pro Gard!

Having volunteered at our local wildlife hospital, I have known of many injured birds and animals nursed back to health, then released into the wild. Ofcourse, some animals are beyond help - but who are we to judge?

 

Its a tricky one, at the end of the day they are wild and like the fox mentioned in an earlier post would probably not thank us for intervention.

 

Nature can be a cruel thing and it is better to spare the pain if you can. I am glad Lyn did what she did, it showed mercy for a fellow creature and that is what you are doing with those rabbits Pro Gard.
That wasn't a very nice response somebody got from the RSPCA. I reported some bantams that had been dumped and were running around. At least the first guy turned up, so I was told , but he came without a net. Who goes chasing bantams without a net? Someone else did come out but when i went up to help all we found were a pile a feathers behind a hedge.