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Hi Gang, It’s me. Peewee! To rescue wildlife? Read what we did in 2004. |
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Our
Holidays are never dull, especially last year.
3 years
ago at Christmas time, about two days before Christmas Day, my owner Pat was
driving home very late one night and she spotted a lump on the side of the road
that drew her attention. She turned
around and discovered it was an owl laying injured by the roadside. It still had a mouse in its talons.
Just then
a State Patrol car came up and turned on its lights. This scared the owl and he tried to hop into
the woods. After questioning Pat about
what she was doing the officer drove off.
Pat called for help on her cellular phone and George and Ralph came with
boxes.
They
searched until nearly 1 am with three cars headlights pointing into the woods,
but they could not find the owl. As
Ralph gave up and began leaving, George stayed deep in the woods and caught
sight of a little motion. Sure enough it
was the hurt owl. With leather gloves on
to protect his hands he and Pat approached the owl. Pat distracted it and
George caught it and carried it to the waiting box in the car.
The poor
little owl had hurt his wing, could not see well and was bleeding a bit. George nested the owl in a blanket and took
it back to the ranch to get it help.
Well, we
nicknamed the owl Hesus (Jesus) because of the holiday. We stored the owl in the dark in a very cool
place so he wouldn’t stress out any more than he had already.
The next
morning George Drove Hesus the 227 miles to the
Dr. Redig called
to say the owl was a Barred Owl and that it was very well fed. It had a head trauma, it had damaged vision
in one eye, its wing was hurt and he had some internal injuries as well. It seemed obvious that Hesus had a
confrontation with a motor vehicle. But
despite the injuries Dr. Redig was optimistic about a full recovery.
The
Pat
went to see how Barney was doing.
Dr. Redig took good care of Barney and agreed with our request to
return Barney to his home territory where he had done so well until playing in
the street.
Dr. Pat Redig With Barney
After Barney’s eyes and wing recovered fully and Barney had been
exercised by the volunteers at the
Unfortunately Barney’s home woods were clear cut and his home was
gone, so the decision was to release him right here at the ranch where we have
lots of mice, good water, lots of vacant woods and peaceful areas for Barney to
live.
We invited the
At
Finally Barney jumped in the air and zoomed past the kids lined up
in front of him and he flew into a nearby tree.
Then he flew to another, then another until he disappeared into the
woods.
Barney’s
Release
Picture
Courtesy of Park Rapids
Another wild animal was saved by our Ranch and returned back into
the wild. IT WAS SO COOL!
Not surprising to us, we have seen Barney a few times around the
ranch late in the day near night fall.
But now you will want to hear about Indy so:
Stop back soon for more of my
stories!
I have my own e-mail address, so write me at peewee@emumagic.com and let
me know what you like.
See Ya soon!
Just click on my
story title you want to read:
Peewee Finds A Home
Peewee's Fall Story
Peewee's October Story
Peewee's Quiz
Peewee's Puppy Visits Minneapolis
Peewee is part of the Family of Ratites
Pictures of Peewee's Emu Family
Peewee's Crossword Puzzle-Young Kids
Peewee's Crossword Puzzle-Older Kids
Help Peewee Get Home
Peewee's Word Puzzles for Kids
Returning
Barney to the Wild
Interlinked
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EmuMagic Emu Oil Products
Heart
of Minnesota Emu Ranch
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Photographs courtesy of Pictures by George
@gmciii@go.com and Corbis at www.corbis.com