Post by quaysider on Sept 2, 2018 18:22:22 GMT
I'm pissed off today...
Normally I 'm quite well balanced and can tolerate lots of 'peoples failings' - except that today, a sick cygnet appeared on our mooring... shaking, clearly unwell and upon closer inspection, had a problem with it's right wing.
After a while feeding it and asking a proper look, it seemed that the wing was about 5 inches underneath water, swollen and black looking. It's legs were also shaking and it looked in pain/was making lots of noises along those lines.
I phoned the RSPCA to ask what I could do / should do. They explained about "angel Wing" (which I'd never heard of) and asked if I could send them a photo... by this time, the ruddy thing had paddled off up towards the river - No matter ... i set off to see if i could find it and sure enough I did about 500 yards up the cut.
The woman stayed on the line and asked if I'd be around on Tuesday as that's her wakefield day??? - I explained I was WITH the poor thing now and she said that in that case she'd come straight out - So often apparently they get calls and by the time they get there, the creatures have moved on - thus wasting 1000s of hours a year looking for them...
Feeding it bread, I kept it near by until she arrived - her getting lost and phoning for directions.
Anyway - When she arrived, she said "oh - that's NOT Angel wing..." we'd better try and catch it...
I can confirm, catching a cygnet in deep water is NOT easy.... ergo, after about an hour feeding it my breakfast - her, another boater and I managed to grab hold of it and fit it into the piping back type thingy...
She's just phoned me back to say that once she got it to the centre and they could take a proper look at it, they had to put it to sleep - poor thing had so much fishing line wrapped around it's leg and wing that the wing had died...
It's just careless and totally un-necessary... twats.
Normally I 'm quite well balanced and can tolerate lots of 'peoples failings' - except that today, a sick cygnet appeared on our mooring... shaking, clearly unwell and upon closer inspection, had a problem with it's right wing.
After a while feeding it and asking a proper look, it seemed that the wing was about 5 inches underneath water, swollen and black looking. It's legs were also shaking and it looked in pain/was making lots of noises along those lines.
I phoned the RSPCA to ask what I could do / should do. They explained about "angel Wing" (which I'd never heard of) and asked if I could send them a photo... by this time, the ruddy thing had paddled off up towards the river - No matter ... i set off to see if i could find it and sure enough I did about 500 yards up the cut.
The woman stayed on the line and asked if I'd be around on Tuesday as that's her wakefield day??? - I explained I was WITH the poor thing now and she said that in that case she'd come straight out - So often apparently they get calls and by the time they get there, the creatures have moved on - thus wasting 1000s of hours a year looking for them...
Feeding it bread, I kept it near by until she arrived - her getting lost and phoning for directions.
Anyway - When she arrived, she said "oh - that's NOT Angel wing..." we'd better try and catch it...
I can confirm, catching a cygnet in deep water is NOT easy.... ergo, after about an hour feeding it my breakfast - her, another boater and I managed to grab hold of it and fit it into the piping back type thingy...
She's just phoned me back to say that once she got it to the centre and they could take a proper look at it, they had to put it to sleep - poor thing had so much fishing line wrapped around it's leg and wing that the wing had died...
It's just careless and totally un-necessary... twats.
however I don't feel tempted to go again though I did once with youngest son and handed over all responsibility to him for baiting the hook and dealing with the slimy fish...
