davyboy Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Optrex............ Brilliant!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megalithic Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Awwwww, poor bunny. Good on you for trying to help it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glennis Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 I think most local vets treat injured wild mammals free, don't they? Even if only to put them out of their misery. Yes, they do. I took a wild bird in once, and they sorted it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Injured and infected are two completely different things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hots on Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 ...or call in Elmer Fudd :hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Bourne Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 I did it to a very injured cat once by running it over (in a car). Cried my eyes out. Its a horrible thing to have to do isn't it Wait wait wait, do you run purposely over injured cats ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 One thing to think about if you are in the position of handling a wild animal which is injured or sick is that if they are injured or sick enough that they can't escape you (as a wild animal that is not used to being handled) then they are very sick indeed. Just the stress of being handled or boxed can kill animals, and if you take in a sick animal that is not likely to get well enough to return to the wild as a healthy animal able to look after themselves then the most sensible thing that you can do is to limit the stress and pain that the animal is experiencing by ending their suffering in the most efficient and speedy manner you can bring yourself to do. It's not cruelty if it's preventing the stress of being held in captivity and touched by humans for an animal that is truly wild. It's humane to recognise that animals in the wild have to be able to operate at 100% in order to survive (life in the wild is usually short, hungry and brutal) and if they can only operate at 90% then you may as well kill them now and prevent them starving or being a prey animal. Rabbits with myxomatosis that is severe enough to allow them to be caught are sick enough that putting them out of their misery is probably the best end that they could be expected to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliceBB Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 One thing to think about if you are in the position of handling a wild animal which is injured or sick is that if they are injured or sick enough that they can't escape you (as a wild animal that is not used to being handled) then they are very sick indeed. Just the stress of being handled or boxed can kill animals, and if you take in a sick animal that is not likely to get well enough to return to the wild as a healthy animal able to look after themselves then the most sensible thing that you can do is to limit the stress and pain that the animal is experiencing by ending their suffering in the most efficient and speedy manner you can bring yourself to do. It's not cruelty if it's preventing the stress of being held in captivity and touched by humans for an animal that is truly wild. It's humane to recognise that animals in the wild have to be able to operate at 100% in order to survive (life in the wild is usually short, hungry and brutal) and if they can only operate at 90% then you may as well kill them now and prevent them starving or being a prey animal. Rabbits with myxomatosis that is severe enough to allow them to be caught are sick enough that putting them out of their misery is probably the best end that they could be expected to have. I agree completely, but unless the person who finds the sick/injured wild animal is confident to dispatch it humanely and above all quickly, they could simply prolong the poor creature's suffering by trying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppet2 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 One thing to think about if you are in the position of handling a wild animal which is injured or sick is that if they are injured or sick enough that they can't escape you (as a wild animal that is not used to being handled) then they are very sick indeed. Just the stress of being handled or boxed can kill animals, and if you take in a sick animal that is not likely to get well enough to return to the wild as a healthy animal able to look after themselves then the most sensible thing that you can do is to limit the stress and pain that the animal is experiencing by ending their suffering in the most efficient and speedy manner you can bring yourself to do. It's not cruelty if it's preventing the stress of being held in captivity and touched by humans for an animal that is truly wild. It's humane to recognise that animals in the wild have to be able to operate at 100% in order to survive (life in the wild is usually short, hungry and brutal) and if they can only operate at 90% then you may as well kill them now and prevent them starving or being a prey animal. Rabbits with myxomatosis that is severe enough to allow them to be caught are sick enough that putting them out of their misery is probably the best end that they could be expected to have. How do you put a rabbit out of its misery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanes teeth Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 How do you put a rabbit out of its misery? Tell it some good news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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