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SO last night I was working on the yard, and i needed my wheelbarrow, which was full of crap from my cleanup after pouring the footings for my deck.
As i went to empty it out, I saw that a bird had become caught in a piece of twine that was laying out of the wheelbarrow. It's legs were all tangled up in it, and it was all bloody. I went inside to get some scissors to cut it free, and after a while, I managed to get it free of the twine.
I tried shooing it off hoping it would fly away. It tried to fly, then kinda crash landed and was all sprawled out on the yard. I walked up to it and kinda shooed it along again, hoping it would fly off. And the same thing happened. I figured I would leave it alone and give it some time to recover, then check back in on it.
After working on the yard for an hour or so, I went back to check, and it was still sprawled out on the same spot it had been when i went back to the yard. I called the humane society as well as animal control, and evidently they dont have anyone there after hours. I didnt know what else to do, so i got a shovel and put it out of its misery.
I really feel bad about this, and I dont know why. I guess i hate killing anything for the sake of killing it, but without being able to fly, i doubt it would have lived long anyway - im pretty sure there was irreversable damage done to at least one, if not both of its legs.
Did I do the right thing?
As i went to empty it out, I saw that a bird had become caught in a piece of twine that was laying out of the wheelbarrow. It's legs were all tangled up in it, and it was all bloody. I went inside to get some scissors to cut it free, and after a while, I managed to get it free of the twine.
I tried shooing it off hoping it would fly away. It tried to fly, then kinda crash landed and was all sprawled out on the yard. I walked up to it and kinda shooed it along again, hoping it would fly off. And the same thing happened. I figured I would leave it alone and give it some time to recover, then check back in on it.
After working on the yard for an hour or so, I went back to check, and it was still sprawled out on the same spot it had been when i went back to the yard. I called the humane society as well as animal control, and evidently they dont have anyone there after hours. I didnt know what else to do, so i got a shovel and put it out of its misery.
I really feel bad about this, and I dont know why. I guess i hate killing anything for the sake of killing it, but without being able to fly, i doubt it would have lived long anyway - im pretty sure there was irreversable damage done to at least one, if not both of its legs.
Did I do the right thing?