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08-23-2008, 11:57 PM | #1 |
Twinkle & Wicket's Mum Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kent, England
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| My hubby's a hero - rescued birds and pups! Hi everyone, sorry that this might be a long post but I had to tell u all how proud I am of my husband Ian. He volunteers for a bird of prey rescue centre and received a call yesterday evening from a man who had a European eagle owl that he wanted Ian to come and collect (on the phone the man claimed to have 'found' this bird!!!). When Ian arrived at the house the man had the very underweight and distressed owl in a cardboard box. When questioned where he 'found' it the man's story suddenly changed to 'A friend gave it to me'. The man said he kept other birds of prey and that his friend thought he could take good care of the owl but, he said, 'it's more trouble than it's worth'. When Ian asked what other birds he kept the guy became very aggressive and told him: 'just forget the f*****g owl and p**s off'! then slammed the door in his face. Ian was also concerned because he had seen in the man's hallway a dog in a very small cage, which looked filthy. He decided not to argue, but went back to his van and called someone from an bird protection agency that he has worked closely with in the past and explained the situation. The man came out of his house yelling at my husband so Ian drove off the man's driveway and parked up on the road outside - refusing to move. Within forty minutes two of the protection officers arrived with two policemen. From the house and garden, with my husband's help, they removed the European eagle owl, two harris hawks, and a red tailed buzzard - all kept in apalling conditions, a parrot (almost completely bald) and a cairn terrier with her two week old litter. The mother terrier was very undernourished and one of the pups was dead My hubby has spent the night helping to medicate and feed these birds, and the RSPCA has the mummy terrier and her remaining pups.The man will be prosecuted. sadly, this isnt the first case like this he has been involved with. People buy these birds because you can buy them relatively cheap (£200 or so) and you don't need a licence to keep them, they are seen by many as a status symbol without them realising the time and specialist knowledge required to care for them properly. I'm proud that he volunteers his time to something so worthy. Just thought I'd sharexxx
__________________ Love from Claire (Me!) mummy to skindaughters Mia and Lucia, furdaughter Twinkleand fursons Wicket and Ozzy 'Treat stressful situations like a dog; pee on them then walk away.' |
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08-24-2008, 09:23 AM | #2 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | OH MY GOSH! Tell your husband he is a HERO!! I am so happy that he listened to gut, stuck around and made that phone call - and all these babies were saved. It sounds like they were in horrendous condition - and all for what? Your hubby ROCKS!!!!
__________________ ~ A friend told me I was delusional. I nearly fell off my unicorn. ~ °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨° Ann | Pfeiffer | Marcel Verdel Purcell | Wylie | Artie °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨° |
08-24-2008, 09:50 AM | #3 |
Twinkle & Wicket's Mum Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kent, England
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| Thankyou Wylie's mumI can't tell you how proud I am of him. He has literally just got home now - after spending the day helping to settle the birds and talking to the police. He's also been in touch with the RSPCA and they said that the mummy terrier and surviving pups have been checked by vet and apart from hungry and dirty they will be fine. Luckily he is not one to be intimadated by someone like that scummy man. Of course it helps that he is a BIG blokexxx**
__________________ Love from Claire (Me!) mummy to skindaughters Mia and Lucia, furdaughter Twinkleand fursons Wicket and Ozzy 'Treat stressful situations like a dog; pee on them then walk away.' |
08-24-2008, 09:59 AM | #4 |
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| Im so glad he didnt walk away and was able to get help in saving these animals congrats to him. |
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08-24-2008, 11:52 AM | #6 |
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| Your husband is absolutely amazing! He didn't allow that man to intimidate him and saved many little critters from having awful lives. I would also be proud to call someone like that my husband!
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08-25-2008, 12:06 AM | #7 |
Twinkle & Wicket's Mum Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kent, England
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| Thankyou all for your kind words! I will keep this thread updated with the progress of the birds and dogs.Thanks again, loads of love xxxx
__________________ Love from Claire (Me!) mummy to skindaughters Mia and Lucia, furdaughter Twinkleand fursons Wicket and Ozzy 'Treat stressful situations like a dog; pee on them then walk away.' |
08-25-2008, 05:22 AM | #8 |
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| Way COOL
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08-25-2008, 06:18 AM | #9 |
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| That is so awesome! I feel so happy when I hear about people saving animals.
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08-25-2008, 08:58 AM | #10 |
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| What a wonderful man you have! I am so happy he did the right thing for all those birds and the dogs! He is a hero! If I lived closer I would come shake his hand! Be sure to tell him he has fans out here!
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08-25-2008, 09:13 AM | #11 |
Twinkle & Wicket's Mum Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kent, England
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| Haha his own fanclub! probably not a good idea - his head has already swollen after reading all these 'hero' posts! He'll have trouble getting through doorways at this ratexxxx
__________________ Love from Claire (Me!) mummy to skindaughters Mia and Lucia, furdaughter Twinkleand fursons Wicket and Ozzy 'Treat stressful situations like a dog; pee on them then walk away.' |
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