Dying bird dilemma

[Asper Sarnoff]

Something I started thinking about after having to deal with the problem twice when mowing my grandparents lawn. Finding a bird with a broken wing lying in the grass.

While I'm not sure everyone is going to vote what they would really do if the situation arose, I do find this an interesting question that can say a lot about those who come with an honest answer.

Be warned though, this is not a thread about euthanasia on human beings. That's allready a topic in the The Caucus and Pulpit Pub, and not for the public area. If the thread moves on to that, I will lock it.

As for how I dealt with my incidents. With the first one, a magpie swooped down, killed and flew away with the first one before I could get to it. The other one I put out of its suffering. While that in many can be seen as arrogant, for believing I have a right to deal death to those who's goal in life centers around survival (and reproduction, but that's not relevant here), I do believe I did the right thing.

You?

[Guest FoXXX]

I'd probably walk away :(

[Fluxy]

I personally don't know, and hope I don't have to get into a situation like that and find out.

[Guest Julius Quasar]

Something I started thinking about after having to deal with the problem twice when mowing my grandparents lawn. Finding a bird with a broken wing lying in the grass.

While I'm not sure everyone is going to vote what they would really do if the situation arose, I do find this an interesting question that can say a lot about those who come with an honest answer.

Be warned though, this is not a thread about euthanasia on human beings. That's allready a topic in the The Caucus and Pulpit Pub, and not for the public area. If the thread moves on to that, I will lock it.

As for how I dealt with my incidents. With the first one, a magpie swooped down, killed and flew away with the first one before I could get to it. The other one I put out of its suffering. While that in many can be seen as arrogant, for believing I have a right to deal death to those who's goal in life centers around survival (and reproduction, but that's not relevant here), I do believe I did the right thing.

You?

I'd have put it out of its misery in the most quickest, painless way I could.

["User"]

I can't bring myself to willing kill anything.  The ends do not justify the means IMO.  I'd just walk away and let nature take it's course.

[Guest Para Astaroth]

Ehh, I would have to walk away cause you may never know what it may have -- disease, herpes, etc.  Besides, it's natures way of saying, "Your time has come," for the little birdie.

[Sabre]

Leave it. Not only is that how nature works, it's a desiese thing as already said, plus there is a chance it may survive, albeit slim.

In Britain there is something called Urban Pigeons. These are pigeons with horrible wound and disabilities that have somehow survived. So you will see one from time to time with a missing leg and a massive scar where it's face was missing at one point, and it's still going.

[Vy'drach]

We've found birds with broken wings before, took them in, and brought them to someone who placed a splint on the wing. The wing healed, released the bird, and it flew away fine, so that's what I would do.