White-winged chough

[den]

I've just been handed a white-winged chough ('chuff') with a broken leg and bleeding from the anus.

In Watership Down the rabbits have the Black Rabbit who comes to take them away. In Dubbo the animals have me.

Comments

[weibchenwolf.livejournal.com]

And on the Discworld they have the likeable (if somewhat naieve) Death. I think they'd rather have you. *hugs*

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

thanks 8)

[therealocelot.livejournal.com]

I'm going to spend the rest of my life thinking of Death as this neat red-headed guy from Australia.

It's actually a rather comforting way to look at it.

[penh.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's comforting. But I've got a thing for redheads and a thing for Aussie accents, so I'd probably be hitting on Death all the way to wherever we were going. Would that get me in trouble?

[makovette.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a car windshield or similar? Poor thing...

Mako

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

It was found beside a road, so that's my guess too. Fast enough to mortally woulnd, but not fast enough to kill outright.

[weyrdbird.livejournal.com]

Better you than naught. *HUG*

Bright Eyes by Art Garfunkel from the soundtrack of Watership Down is one of my favorite (and very sad) songs.

Beats Cowslip's allusions, illusions and probable delusions all the way.

[oceansedge.livejournal.com]

From the time I first saw the movie when I was 12... that song has haunted me. I will always stop whatever I am doing and just LISTEN whenever I hear it.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[oceansedge.livejournal.com]

*nod*nod*nod* vigorously... The Black Rabbit on Inle .. is a stern but loving friend to all rabbits.

[avenginglioness.livejournal.com]

*nuzzles a batty*

[ka-crow.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I've said this before, but when my cat had to be euthanased this year, it was a ray of comfort within the hurt to know that the vet and her assistants doing it cared about Zorro and eased him out of his pain gently, rather than, say, picking him up by his tail and swinging him against a wall, or whatever. I think everybody who knows you knows that you would save every animal and restore them to perfect health were it possible. The fact that sometimes it's not doesn't mean you don't have the kindest of intentions toward every beast, be it this little corvid or a giant killer wombat or whatever, given into your care.

[wabbitcalif.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Better you than a lonely, painful death.

Besides, I like the idea of Death being this neat red-head with an Oz accent! Makes it easier.

[claire.livejournal.com]

:(

[oceansedge.livejournal.com]

It takes great strength... and an enormous heart full of love to do what you do, to put the animals and easing their suffering first.. ahead of your own discomfort at what you must do.

I bow to you sir.

[tatterdemalion.livejournal.com]

I'd rather have the loving and caring swift death that you provide, than a long lingering painful 'natural' one.

you do good stuff, never forget that

[trickenzie.livejournal.com]

I second that. You do good stuff, sad but necessary.

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

*hugs* and a Monteiths Black offered.