Posted on 07/23/2006 1:52:04 PM PDT by girlangler
Dying deer given CPR
By Corey Wicks Staff reporter
When it comes to concern for wildlife, people in Joseph put their mouth where their concern is.
Literally.
Wallowa County Detective Neil Rogers was called to a report of a deer that had been hit by a vehicle Sunday, July 2, in downtown Joseph. When Rogers arrived a crowd of people had gathered in the street and were in the process of pulling the deer out from underneath a trailer, Rogers said.
The deer was badly mangled but managed to wake up and stumble past the crowd. It then fell into a nearby creek and started drowning.
Rogers went to re-park his car and when he returned, two men were pulling the deer out of the creek.
“One guy was giving compressions and the other guy was giving it mouth-to-mouth,” Rogers said. “I couldn’t really look over there because I was starting to laugh too hard. It had to be one of the funniest things I’ve seen in law enforcement.”
The detective didn’t know whether a person could contract any unusual diseases by giving CPR to a deer.
“I don’t even like touching those things without gloves. I couldn’t even imagine going to that extreme,” Rogers said.
The deer was too badly injured to survive, he said. Rogers then took the deer behind a building and shot it.
The detective didn’t know whether the first aid responders were locals, but speculated that they were “probably from Portland or somewhere.” He added, “they haven’t been around here much.”
They are lucky the thing was dead or it would have kicked the crap out of them.
You are dating your self...I remember Dixie ...she was on that old show EMERGENCY.
This is a funny line.
r.i.p. Licorice
You-won't-believe-this PING
I had to save my daughters chicken at the fair yesterday. She was feeding them and ran up to me and said, "Mom I think my chicken is choking, she can't swallow her water" I went over and sure enough the dumb cluck had drank some water and the feed she had been eating had swelled up and she was choking. I squeezed her neck and pushed it up and it came out. My daughter was grossed out, but mom saved the day!! LOL!!
Hey, you should have read the story I posted about a year ago, about the guy who picked a copperhead snake off the road (he was afraid it would get hit by a car) and was bit as he tried to save it.
I'll see if I can find it and repost it -- it got about a million posts it was so hilarious (a true story).
*APPLAUSE* Way to go, Mom!
And that reminds me...I need to water the chickens, LOL!
I took my neice and nephew (6 & 8) to the fair last Friday. They spent the most time in the Poultry Barn, so we know those nuts didn't fall too far from the tree! My niece Dana is absolutely crazy for chickens (and of course, horses) so I had an easy week because she did all the chicken chores for me, Sweet Girl. ;)
A waste of good venison.
DH has done the same with the Box and Painted Turtles that try to cross to our side of the road from the lake across the way for some STUPID reason.
I'm pretty sure he wouldn't help a Copperhead across the road though, LOL! If so, am I still young enough to be considered a "Young Widow?" ;)
That sounds like something I would do.
Yeah, I'm the dork you see shooing critters off the road and picking up turtles to take to safety.
And, also available at Amazon.com.....
"The definitive guide for the millions of people who seldom see a wild animal that has not been flattened by the dozens of vehicles ahead of them, and baked by the sun to an indistinct fur-, scale-, or feather-covered patty"
Chickens are minimalists...
Did you see the article about the one living without a head..
Actually it had a brainstem.
Owners poured gruel down it's goozle but it kept right on going.
Moms always save the day. Go mom!!
Cats got into the trailer the night before the fair where we had the chickens all washed and penned up ready to go. We had one without a head the next morning. Wasn't alive though!!
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