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WELCOME! to an impromptu Sept. 12, 2010 issue of The Pride Cartoon™ E-News... a publication of The Pride™, the Award-Winning Reality Cat Cartoon Starring Crazy Johnny.
This is the Wild Goose Chase (literally) issue, a.k.a. the issue I hadn't planned on sending until I found myself trying to rescue a wild goose with its legs twisted up in twine.
What, you thought I was all about cats? No, I can stay up all night worrying about any pitiful creature in trouble.
Enjoy, laugh, shop, forward to your
friends, and send me the names of wildlife rescuers. This poor thing has to be helped.
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The Pride Cartoon™ Pity Case for September 2010
WILD GOOSE CHASE (literally!)
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So, I'm in the cemetery yesterday (9/11/10), near the duck pond, which isn't really a duck pond since it's been taken over by geese, when I see this bird. I can tell from 50 yards he's not right. All the other geese are standing up, walking around, pecking. This one's just sitting on the bank of the pond with his mouth open, kind of panting.
I creep slowly over to him. He doesn't move until I'm very close. All the other geese flutter away giving me dirty looks. Either he's a very unusual goose, or it costs him to stand up.
I get within a couple of feet of him, and because I can now I really know he's not right. I wouldn't pet him because geese will bite. But I lean down. I want to see how close he lets me get. Only when I'm within inches does he try to stand up. That's when I see he's all twisted up in some kind of string. It looks like dental floss curled around and around both his legs. And it's so tight, it has cut into his flesh and is probably cutting off the circulation. I don't know the proper girth of a goose's leg, so I look at the other geese and their legs are all pin skinny. This guy's (or girl's) legs are swollen probably twice or three times what they should be. Ow!
The mass of string is so random it can't have been deliberate. It looks like when the cat gets hold of a spool of thread and knocks it all over the house until the floor looks like a Spirograph, then this poor goose walked through it.
It was Saturday, of course, because that's the law: all tragedies and emergencies must happen when no doctor is available, Animal Control doesn't answer (I used my last 30 minutes holding for them) and the groundskeeper is off. And speaking of minutes, meanwhile, my cell phone had alerted four times that
there was new voice mail. Each time I called to retrieve the message, all I heard was spooky scratching. The last number to appear in the caller ID was
days ago. It just happened again, a fifth time! What the---
Through a totally bizarre stroke of luck, there just then appeared a wildlife/bird photographer, Jeff, and his wife Ana. Jeff's friend Bobby runs a wildlife rehab on Long Island. What are the odds?! Jeff called Bobby, who gave detailed instructions for performing leg surgery on a goose in the cemetery (blanket, water, scissors, antibiotic ointment...) Jeff drove home for supplies and was back in 20 minutes whereupon we mounted Operation Wild Goose Chase.
Which, I'll just cut to the end, bombed. When it saw the three of us coming toward it with an outstretched blanket, the goose freaked out and dove into the pond. There he stayed until we disappeared. Now it was 3 minutes to closing. And with 5 ghosts calling my cellphone, I wasn't going to risk being locked in the cemetery after closing.
I'm told today that Bobby will let us know if he can get out here to help this bird. He's probably the best one for the job. But in the meantime, I won't sleep knowing this poor thing is out there panting, probably in excruciating pain.
Ergo the Wild Goose Chase issue. Anyone know a wildlife rehab that can help this bird ASAP? Or have any other bright ideas? Send an email to jane@thepridecartoon.com. Thanks for whatever you come up with. -JD
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Patty & Sandra & Lionel, Oh My!
The Bios I've Been Procrastinating On For Two Years
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I don't know what took me so long. Patty & Sandra Piranha and Lionel's bios are finally up. Read all about them here.
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In Fond Memory of All the 9/11 Victims and
the Animals That Perished As a Result the
World Trade Center Attacks Nine Years Ago
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Did you know that Sirius, PAPD Badge #17, a highly respected and much loved police dog, was killed in the collapse of the World Trade Center on 9/11/01?
Did you know that like many of the first responders at that horrific scene, almost all of the rescue dogs that worked trying to save lives later developed serious lung and other diseases? Many of them have since lost their lives to the same.
Did you know that for approximately 2 weeks after the disaster, much of lower Manhattan, including hundreds of residential buildings for blocks around Ground Zero, was locked down, the residents barred from returning home to get their belongings and pets? We don't know how many pets were lost as a result.
This small footnote is in memory of all the innocent animal lives lost in that shared tragedy. Our hearts are with everyone who suffered, human and animal, equally. -JD
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So, how did we do with our Wild Goose Chase issue? Feel free to let us know your opinions, questions, comments and suggestions. We value your feedback!
Purrs (and clucks),
Jane Denny, Creator
The Pride Cartoon™
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