I guess I was lucky to get a warning. Villette, I feel so bad for the person on the other forum who wasn't so lucky. How do you recover from something like that?

It's heartbreaking.
I'm glad Sophia Maria was able to get away.
I'm thinking of getting an outside pen but Gus will probably howl like a madman. He has to be right in the middle of everything.
On the plus side he doesn't mind wearing the leash in the yard anymore. I can't believe I have to put it on every time when I only see this bird once in a blue moon but I'm not taking any chances. Better safe than sorry.