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Originally Posted by eeyore  with respect VF this is precisey what i did while giving the advice above - it is my considered opinion that transporting a mortally wounded animal to a vet for euthanasia subjects it to a far higher degree of stress and suffering than being struck imedeately on the head.
It strikes me that your diatribe does not actually seek to consider all the options so much as to imply that an injured animal should always be taken for treatment regardless of the finders assesment of its injuries or its probable chances of recovery.
It saddens me that you are quick to jump to insulting and inaccurate assumptions about the members who sought to give advice just because they do share your (somewhat biased) world view |
Mmm ... which part of my 'diatribe' did you take to be a personal insult eeyore? I didn't set out to cast insults at anyone.
And at what point in your 'considered' response did you decide that the dove was mortally wounded and therefore beyond saving? I can't see from the OP's post that he intimated that, though almost certainly by witholding treatment he unfortunately contributed to its demise.
I suggested transport to a vet for purposes of examination and appropriate treatment ... euthanasia was only one possible outcome, and only after the condition had been clinically assessed and an informed prognosis made.
This is an open forum ... if you don't want you opinions to be open to criticism, them just maybe you should restrain them more.
