Recently it has come in useful for me again. I guess is my third time calling SPCA for a bird again. I came upon a boy who had saved an injured pigeon. He was just hanging around with the bird and did not know who to approach. Thus I called the SPCA for him.
My first encounter many years ago with the SPCA was also over a pigeon. I saw an injured pigeon and did not know who to call. So I thought of calling SPCA for help. I learnt from them that I needed to pick the pigeon so that they could get it from me afterwards. When I went back again the pigeon was already rescued.
The next time a few months after, I encountered an owl lying on the floor outside Takashimya in bright daylight while on my way to office. The owl was motionless even though I touched it gently. I rushed to office to get a box to hold it. My colleague who was rather an expert with birds helped me with the owl.
The owl regained consiousness after a while. I think it was rather disoriented as it seemed to have flown and banged itself onto the glass doors of the shopping centre. See its cute picture below. And of course, the SPCA did send its people to collect the owl. I learnt subsequently that after examining the owl and ascertaining it was all right, they had released it back to the wild.
Really thankful that there is such an organization for us to turn to whenever we encounter injured animals.
wow , din know u had such animal encounters.
ReplyDeletenever seen such things myself.
wat u did was right cos my police frens are very annoyed cos ppl keep calling the police for everything! i even saw a poster from the police telling ppl which depts to call. wow owl, never really seen one before so close.. its head can turn 360 degrees, eh. good thing u saved it.kolala
Wow 360 degrees! Is this true?
ReplyDeleteMy first time close up encounter with a owl too. Is a small one, think likely not yet an adult, probably toddler owl. Really adorable. Is always best to be in its natural setting rather than in the shopping mall! :)