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Majestic
Diary
January 22, 2009
The good news is Miri is hanging strong!
That's my girl! She gets meds every morning to ensure
she is comfortable. She is eating and drinking and all
that good stuff and every morning when I come with her
meds, she gets up and starts waddling away, which is
always a good sign. She comes inside and I let her swim
in the tub and then I blow dry her before bringing her
back out to the barn again where she cuddles up with
Benny.
In other news, we had to deal with
another wacko... without getting into too many
details... she removed 4 ducks from a pond out-of-state
and then when only 3 of them could come to our sanctuary
(4th duck failed her avian flu test and could not enter
CT), she ranted about euthanizing all 4 because, "the
other 3 would be sad if they could not have their friend
with them." So sad that they would rather be DEAD?
That's insane!
Fortunately, we recognize a good bluff
when we hear one. What she was really trying to do was
scare us into taking the 4th duck, threatening to kill
all 4 if we didn't take them together.
She called in the middle of the night
last night freaking out and I told her our hands are
tied. The 4th duck was once exposed to a low pathogen,
non-contagious, non-mutating strain of avian flu, and
even though she will never be sick or spread these
anti-bodies, she is not allowed into the state of CT. We
told her we can take the other 3, or she can keep a pair
together and we can take the other pair, but she was
unwilling to bring any of them here.
When she realized we were not going to
act on her threats, she admitted that she is not going
to euthanize them and is looking for another home for
them. Still, others involved have advised the town
official and local vets of what she had threatened and
eyes are open on her should she try to do destroy these
4 healthy animals. The town only gave her authorization
to remove the ducks provided they came to our sanctuary.
Now that she refuses to bring them, she is breaking her
agreement with the town and I know they will not take
this lightly. Her problem, not mine. As long as the
ducks are safe, which they are, I wash my hands of the
entire situation.
Now... back to more good news... We have
a newly rescued Pekin hen coming on Saturday. That is
always a blessing, to save another life. I am so excited
to meet her. They said she is very friendly and "comes
right up to you." But everyone says that and it is
rarely true, they are usually very shy. People tend to
lie and tell us that because they think we are more
likely to take a rescued bird if we hear they are
friendly. Truthfully, their level of friendliness (Do
they measure that with a friend-o-meter? Ha!) is
not even in our considerations when accepting a rescued
duck or goose. We simply don't care. We go by which
animals are in the worst predicaments, their health and
whether they are male or female (because we have limited
space for males).
Someday these pages will be open to
members for review, but right now I think only Elizabeth
is reading them--HELLO, ELIZABETH! Since she is a true
"Goose Whisperer" I am going to put in
a couple special photos
below for her viewing pleasure today! ENJOY!
Front (L-R):
Lewy, Joop! and Mac
Back (L-R): Fanny, Jett and Violet
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