Recent Rescues

[den]

Barn owl. I took him out to the zoovets because he seemed to have a vision problem. Tim The Vet said he was blind in one eye, which means he can't be released. Tim is talking about putting him in a captive care programme but National Parks policy says the owl has to be euthanased. I'm going to pass this on to the experts, but I hope the owl gets a paper euthanasia and goes into care. He's really fit and healthy, apart from being blind, and has taken to captivity like a champion.

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[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

The vets have had him for almost 4 weeks, with 1 week in ICU and a following week of force-feeding, so a decision like this isn't taken lightly.

Often I get an animal and I can tell by looking that even trying would be stressful for the animal and ultimately a waste of time. In cases like that the choice to euthanase is easy, but I still feel like crap.