Pigeon update!

No soul is insignificant

No matter the vessel in which they reside.

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I sent this little quote/poem with the pigeon last night.

The words popped into my head as I was getting it ready to be buckled up in transit bus.

But let’s rewind the day a little bit, shall we?

Monday morning, despite my crippling phone anxiety, I called multiple veterinarians in my area. After Saturday’s conversation with the bird rehab center, I was told that in emergency situations (such as this compound leg fracture) a vet in Oregon can legally operate or euthanize a wild animal without a permit or license.

So I called the first vet clinic again, after being told that it was illegal for them to touch a wild animal. (Even if this pigeon was my pet, she said they wouldn’t touch it.) I told this woman what the rehab center told me, and she would not even listen to me speak. She was very rude. And the other places I called didn’t really work on birds and spoke to me with audible irritation.

So I got ahold of the rehab center again explaining what had transpired. She gave me times for a transit bus that would show up in the town next to mine, and that she would drive to its first stop over the mountain between us.

That night was a blizzard, our first real snow this season, and the roads were not ideal. The transit bus was an hour and a half late getting to our station, but I managed to get our injured, feathered friend safely secured in a box and buckled into a seat next to the bus driver. About an hour later, I get a text from Lynn, the centers founder and owner, saying that she successfully got the bird!!

Now, I currently don’t have anymore information on how the pigeon is. But I hope I’ll be able to get an update soon.

Thank you so very much to Lynn at Blue Mountain Wildlife, and for all of the wonderful work you do.

~A