Would you interrupt nature? If you saw an animal being attacked by another, would you step in, even if it's natural order?
I'm not sure if I did he right thing today, but it was instinctual, I didn't even think, I just acted.
I was driving in my neighborhood, and on someone's front law, quite close to the road, a falcon was pecking and on top of a white dove...the dove was struggling, and the falcon was obviously trying to kill it.
I just slammed on my breaks, got out of the car and ran over to them, the falcon flew away....the dove had blood on it and started to walk away...I looked around for someone to help me (I didn't want to pick up the dove with my hands, I have no idea if there are diseases or anything and it's bleeding), so I go to my car to get a blanket or towel and the falcon is back on the dove...I ran and chased it away again, but the dove just collapsed and died. I think it would've died even if the falcon didn't come back that split second, it had blood coming out of his mouth.
I wanted to take the dove to my DHs and see if he could somehow take care of it, but too late.
So, now that the dove died, I walked away from it, drove home to get some garbage bags and gloves, and then I drove back in the hopes that the falcon would've taken it's 'food'...but no.
So now, a bird is dead, and the falcon has no food...the dove died for no reason.
This dove is banded, so it was someone's bird.
I feel so horrible, not just that the dove died, but that I don't know if I should've acted at all.
Like I said, I didn't give it much thought, I saw the dove struggling and I just acted, with the afterthought that maybe my DH could help it.
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PS: I knocked on the door of the persons who's property the dove was lying dead on, but no one home...so I waited a while, drove home, gave it 15 min. again, came back, bird still there, so I put it in a garbage bag and disposed of it. I didn't want to leave this dead bird on this person's driveway.
I was driving in my neighborhood, and on someone's front law, quite close to the road, a falcon was pecking and on top of a white dove...the dove was struggling, and the falcon was obviously trying to kill it.
I just slammed on my breaks, got out of the car and ran over to them, the falcon flew away....the dove had blood on it and started to walk away...I looked around for someone to help me (I didn't want to pick up the dove with my hands, I have no idea if there are diseases or anything and it's bleeding), so I go to my car to get a blanket or towel and the falcon is back on the dove...I ran and chased it away again, but the dove just collapsed and died. I think it would've died even if the falcon didn't come back that split second, it had blood coming out of his mouth.
I wanted to take the dove to my DHs and see if he could somehow take care of it, but too late.
So, now that the dove died, I walked away from it, drove home to get some garbage bags and gloves, and then I drove back in the hopes that the falcon would've taken it's 'food'...but no.
So now, a bird is dead, and the falcon has no food...the dove died for no reason.
This dove is banded, so it was someone's bird.
I feel so horrible, not just that the dove died, but that I don't know if I should've acted at all.
Like I said, I didn't give it much thought, I saw the dove struggling and I just acted, with the afterthought that maybe my DH could help it.
PS: I knocked on the door of the persons who's property the dove was lying dead on, but no one home...so I waited a while, drove home, gave it 15 min. again, came back, bird still there, so I put it in a garbage bag and disposed of it. I didn't want to leave this dead bird on this person's driveway.
