Living in the country as I do, I am well familiar with the specifics cruelties of nature. I see hideous things happen all the time and I try to intervene when I feel it is safe to do so.
Today, as I was walking Lexus on the porch, I noticed a crow diving at something in the grass ... then a field rabbit popped out of the underbrush at the edge of the woods and tried to drive the crow away ... then I saw the baby. *sigh* The crow has injured the baby bunny and he is not moving. He is breathing and there is a fairly serious-looking wound on the side of his head, right below his jawline as it were.
I frankly do not know what to do. I have called the local animal control, who referred me to Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries, who referred me to animal control. *sigh*
Do I wait and see if Momma comes back for this baby or do I take it inside and try to assist?
Additionally, in the melee with the crow, the rest of the babies scattered and now there is one, a healthy, non-injured one, under the leaves of my hostas in the front garden bed next to my porch deck.
Does anyone have any ideas for me, I can't stand to see the hurt baby suffer and I don't know what to do for the healthy one to protect it from the blasted crow bird!!
Today, as I was walking Lexus on the porch, I noticed a crow diving at something in the grass ... then a field rabbit popped out of the underbrush at the edge of the woods and tried to drive the crow away ... then I saw the baby. *sigh* The crow has injured the baby bunny and he is not moving. He is breathing and there is a fairly serious-looking wound on the side of his head, right below his jawline as it were.
I frankly do not know what to do. I have called the local animal control, who referred me to Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries, who referred me to animal control. *sigh*
Do I wait and see if Momma comes back for this baby or do I take it inside and try to assist?
Additionally, in the melee with the crow, the rest of the babies scattered and now there is one, a healthy, non-injured one, under the leaves of my hostas in the front garden bed next to my porch deck.
Does anyone have any ideas for me, I can't stand to see the hurt baby suffer and I don't know what to do for the healthy one to protect it from the blasted crow bird!!