Call Of The Wild

[den]

I'm on Rescue Phone today. My first call today:

Caller: Do you trap birds?
Me: Only if they're injured, in danger or a threat.
C: I have an eagle who is a threat.
M: (Thinks: Hawk killing chickens) What sort of eagle?
C: A wedge-tail!
M: oh? How is that a threat?
C: The bastard is killing my Chihuahuas!
M: (stunned silence)
C: It dropped into my back yard and killed one of my dogs! I want you to get rid of it!

I took the details and, after I stopped laughing, phoned our raptor handlers in Trangie. I prefaced my explaination of the situation with "Now, don't laugh, ok?" and told him. After he stopped laughing he said the eagle must be VERY hungry to be attacking prey animals so close to houses. Apparently on the coast Very Small Dogs are lost to sea eagles and pelicans, but this is the first time I've heard first hand of it happening. The Raptor People in Trangie are going to organize trapping the relocating the bird.

I know I shouldn't laugh. I know the lady is traumatized by the eagle killing her pets. I know I'm being a cruel bastard and I feel guilty. But... an eagle killed and ate a Chihuahua. At least it was quick.

The only way this could be more amusing is if it was a poodle.

Comments

[goodluckfox.livejournal.com]

Yo quiero AAAAAIIIIEEEE!!!!!!

Loxley

[oceansedge.livejournal.com]

Obviously you and I share our opinion of small yappy 'not really dogs dogs'

[the-lizard-rat.livejournal.com]

*cracks up* Chihuahua Stew, anyone?

Aren't poodles bigger? I get the thought that eagles couldn't pick up something that heavy. Or are Wedge Tails huge.

Lizard Rat out.
Hungry Baby Eagle in Albany NY

[weyrdbird.livejournal.com]

(falls over laughing) :D

Dang it! I was eating TimTams and having a nice cup of rooibos tea and now I have to clean the monitor *again!*

[beki.livejournal.com]

I wonder if the chihuahua was eaten with tortillas and salsa.. I am sick.. It's a good thing the lady didnt have fluffy bunnies.. She would be having kittens

[hedgegoth.livejournal.com]

bad batty!
no jam filled donut!

(we used to keep our dachsund inside when we saw the hawks in the air)

[kayre]

My daughter and I both had the same thought.....

"What will they use for bait?"

Hopefully it's not the obvious answer! :)

[athelind.livejournal.com]

...an eagle killed and ate a Chihuahua. At least it was quick.

It should have been quick for the poor eagle. Lucky for it, Mexican food tends to go right through you...

[walkertxkitty.livejournal.com]

I know it's not funny but put that way, I'd be laughing too.

That's why we don't leave the cats or the dogs out around here. If you do, they're not likely to be where you left them...what's left of them.

[d-d-d.livejournal.com]

my sides hurt now. dumb bastard, serves the dipshit for owning a deseased rat.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[dances-withcats.livejournal.com]

As far as I'm concerned, raptors can eat all the Chihuahuas and Pekingeses they want.

Hate. Hate. HATE little rat-dogs! Grrrrrrrr!

[ka-crow.livejournal.com]

Where was this wedgie when I lived next door to a Chihuahua that would work itself into frothing fits every time the mailman came, even if it was the same mailman who had been coming every day there was mail delivery for the last several years?

[taldragon.livejournal.com]

that's *so* a mock_the_stupid entry! :)

[sjwt.livejournal.com]

you relay shoudlnt laugh, for if you hadnt off been on the reciving end off said call, said bird woudl probly of been on the reciving end of some poison..

[sjwt.livejournal.com]

BTW can i metaquotes you??

[darketherdream.livejournal.com]

I have a half-chihuaha-thingy and I still think it's funny.