Have you ever rescued a wild animal?

by Assassin~ Badass Buzz Guru Posted 2012/05/10 02:52:59

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	Yes	40 votes	83%
	No	8 votes	17%

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John Galt jr or Ron/jon 2012/05/11 19:53:18

Yes

One that looked just like that...

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Amberwolf 17 2012/05/11 14:28:45

Yes

I rescued a bobcat that somehow got stuck on a fence. It ended up stealing the beef jerky I had in my bag though. lol I named him Roku, but later an idiot redneck shot him and left him bleeding to death in the woods...it was so sad...

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Piperpc 2012/05/10 20:36:12 (edited)

Yes

I try to help any animal in distress I see, if possible. I am fortunate enough to be on good terms with people who have a Federal license for wildlife rescues, and they have been wonderful, accepting the creatures I bring to them, and helping ME help them, if I can.

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D.C.Verdone 2012/05/10 15:16:04

Yes

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Birds and currently a squirrel which we may have to keep. (not that I'm complaining he is adorable!)

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brutusin~ Proud Apetheist 2012/05/10 13:35:15

Yes

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I rescued a baby skunk. The poor thing was covered in maggots and mites. The maggots actually ate holes in the poor little things skin. I got some Frontline spray and killed the mites and maggots and feed it cat food till it was well enough to go back outside. I think he lived people seen evidence that he did.

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Tori Childers 2012/05/10 12:47:18

No

Never had to rescue a wild animal.

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Lady Whitewolf 2012/05/10 12:40:56

Yes

+1
More than once!

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MR. 2012/05/10 12:16:17

Yes

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Just recently, I was zooming around the corner, comming home from work, and right before me, a hawk was swooping down to take out a squirrel frozen with fear in the middle of the road, the hawk suddenly saw me, and veered, swooping up over my windshield,... the little squirrel scurried up a tree, safe to live and play another day! : ),

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Lady Wh... to MR. 2012/05/10 12:41:22

LOLZ!!!

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Elizabeth 2012/05/10 10:33:51

No

Not yet though :/

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Somkey the Hores 2012/05/10 10:21:31

Yes

Quite often, as a firefighter in Arizona. MANY rattlesnakes.

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Lady Wh... to Somkey ... 2012/05/10 12:41:53

Oh wow... rattlesnakes?

you're braver than me!

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Somkey ... to Lady Wh... 2012/05/11 01:15:20 (edited)

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It's no big deal. We wear our boots and double layer pants, pick them up with snake jaws or a rod and loop, but them in a thick sided wooden box and haul them out to the desert and let'em go.
http://i53.tinypic.com/352m45...

The REAL fun ones were coral snakes,
http://www.redorbit.com/media... snakes and beaded lizards/Gila monsters.
Our fire stations were on the outskirts of Tucson AZ.

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Lady Wh... to Somkey ... 2012/05/11 09:59:02

WOW!!

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Somkey ... to Lady Wh... 2012/05/12 09:54:40

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Yeah. We only ever had to kill one rattler. He wasn't going to be taken alive and would hide in places where people would be close to or reaching into, so he had to go. Too bad, he was a beautiful snake.

Mammals, like coyotes, bobcats and the like were referred to county animal control.

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Lady Wh... to Somkey ... 2012/05/12 11:11:57

Isn't it...

Red over black, venom lack
Red over yellow, kill a fellow?

I wouldn't stick around to find out....

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Somkey ... to Lady Wh... 2012/05/13 00:19:00

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Yeah. Their mouths are very small, and even large ones can only bite you like between fingers and such. Still, we wore our fire gloves and went gingerly in harm's way. We got a call of a coral snake in someone's kitchen. We arrived to find an old guy trying to cut a Scarlet King snake in half with a butter knife. We rescued it.
OTOH, we got a call of a Coral Snake in the deck of a swimming pool valve pit. The very situation where he could get you when you went to turn the valve. The guy was lucky to notice it.

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TheMadChameleon 2012/05/10 10:09:13

Yes

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Somewhat. I helped get a bird out from being tangled in one of those six-pack plastics when I was a kid, and since I'm the only person I know with the number for animal control in my phone, I've ended up calling them when I run into injured squirrels on campus. I have never taken in and nurtured a wild animal though. I would not be opposed to doing so, but it has never been needed.

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reaper 2012/05/10 08:27:59

Yes

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a number of times

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Beagle Mom 2012/05/10 08:27:52

Yes

+1
Nursed a few birds back to health. Moved a turtle from the road.

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Helena Wright 2012/05/10 07:12:53

Yes

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mum used to look after wild life, and a couple of times it was me or my family that were finding them, wel living close to the Great Dividing Range helps to, love animals :)

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atomikmom 2012/05/10 06:35:18

Yes

+2
I work with Wildlife and Domestic Animals everyday

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Lady Wh... to atomikmom 2012/05/10 12:42:33

excellent!

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ronbo 2012/05/10 06:26:17

Yes

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I used a large tree limb to push a baby rattlesnake off the road so it wouldn,t get run over. It rattled and hissed at me the whole time but I got it safely off the road. Don,t ask me why.

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Servant... to ronbo 2012/05/10 08:04:11

It later killed an old lady.

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ronbo to Servant... 2012/05/10 13:46:22

+1
Get outta here!

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Servant... to ronbo 2012/05/10 13:50:23

It's okay she was a real bitch.

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ronbo to Servant... 2012/05/12 01:37:18

+1
O.K. I feel better now.

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Servant... to ronbo 2012/05/12 01:54:54

She used kittens as disposable toilet bowl scrubbers.

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ronbo to Servant... 2012/05/12 13:21:06

+1
Now I really feel better.

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Servant... to ronbo 2012/05/12 13:23:50

LOL

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baxter 2012/05/10 06:13:32

Yes

Birds hedgehogs shoes mice and moles

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CookiiCutter 2012/05/10 05:23:28

Yes

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It used be quite usual for my family and I to rescue animals when we lived on the farm. Birds (mostly lorikeets and kookaburras), kangaroos, koalas, possums, the occasional python (the poisonous snakes lost their heads), I think we rescued a platypus once.

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Grandma for Obama 2012/05/10 05:12:56

Yes

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I have helped a bird whose feet were stuck in gum in the middle of the highway and it would have been run over. I threw a towel over it and pulled it free. I helped an orphaned squirrel who was sitting next to it's dead mother while I was on vacation. I hand fed him and raised him until he was able to take care of himself. His name was Raliegh after the town I found him in. I am forever rescuing various small critters that find their way into my swimming pool. So yes, I do what I can to help whom ever or what ever, we exist in this world together.

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Cain 2012/05/10 04:21:09

Yes

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Several times, I have many times rescued insects as well.

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BlackwinterG36C 2012/05/10 04:11:26

Yes

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I've rescued a feral kitten.

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travis103192 2012/05/10 03:45:16

Yes

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Most definitely, its almost a hobby to me. I appreciate animals far more than human and feel they need more care and respect that humans. They lack hatred, greed, and the stupidity humans posses. I have taken care of mostly birds more than anything. I volunteer at the Humane society along with my girlfriend and have been there for quite a while caring for so many animals and giving them as best of lives that I can give them. Save and respect any animal that are in need of it without inducing more harm to them whenever you can.

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Grandma... to travis1... 2012/05/10 05:16:00

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I am thankful that there are people like you out there doing what you do for the fauna! God bless you.

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travis1... to Grandma... 2012/05/10 22:28:45

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Thank you for respecting that as well. I had a lady come in crying one time saying it was nice what I do at the humane society, and that she wishes she had time to do it as well. She said she likes to see kids like me actually caring and not looking for rewards all the time. Its kinda corny but I feel the reward of other animals well being.

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devon.stearns.lautner 2012/05/10 03:34:20

Yes

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Every year me and my parents always rescue turtles from getting killed on the road that are traveling to the other side of the highway looking for new places to go, and re-release them out at my parents place.. Our family are animal based lovers, but just last year our dog Gjoa the malmute dog brought home a baby bunny very gently carrying back to our house, we helped the little fella by feeding him or her we couldn't tell til he/she was ready to be able to go back out in the wild again. It was so cute, I had to revoke the name Thumper and switched his name to Socks cause that baby lived in a warmth of a sock.. But in the end it helps ya realize that life is very precious!

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