tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post8675398090037649179..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: PART TEN OF SCHOOLTIME SCANDALS - THE LABRADOR 'SAUSAGE' DOG...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-14833168462127877782015-12-26T00:25:56.340+00:002015-12-26T00:25:56.340+00:00Three or four months back, PC, I was out in the ba...Three or four months back, PC, I was out in the back garden filling the bird feeders when I suddenly heard a frantic squawking. I turned around to see a black cat (don't know whose) with a crow in its mouth. I ran over and the cat dropped the bird and ran off. I picked it up, still squawking in shock, but it suddenly recovered and I let it go. It flew up onto my neighbour's chimney and sat there for a bit. Because of bacteria in a cat's mouth, if the skin of a bird is pierced, even although it might seem all right if it gets rescued or escapes, if the bacteria gets into the bloodstream, the bird will more than likely die. I looked out later and the crow was gone, and I haven't found any dead ones lying around, so I hope it's okay. I've since seen a crow that looks the same (it had a touch of white in its feathers) and I prefer to believe that it's the same one.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-3847416450087121322015-12-25T22:06:39.321+00:002015-12-25T22:06:39.321+00:00I agree. Sometimes it is better (for our mental he...I agree. Sometimes it is better (for our mental health if nothing else) not to know the outcome of these situations and hope it played out to the benefit of the poor victim. Far too few people have any empathy for the other animals we share this planet with, be they wild or domesticated, and it is gratifying to read of experiences like yours where you try to fix things. About a month or so back on two occasions I found our dog harrassing a young bird in the garden, the bird fully feathered but clearly not yet ready to fly. The dog is far too domestic and removed from its wild state to kill the bird but still had enough instinct to chase something small that ran. Both times I placed the bird up in a tree. Never saw it again and like you hoped that it escaped further peril.Philip Crawleynoreply@blogger.com