A few nights ago, while I was driving upslope at the multi-storey carpark, I spotted a pigeon sitting at the side of the slope. Immediately after parking my car, I walked towards the pigeon wondering what could have happened to her. I tried to shoo her away from the dangerous path, just in case a vehicle may crush her.
As I shooed her away, I noticed she had difficulty walking properly and from that instant I knew it could be due to some sort of string that was tying around both her feet. She flew on top of my car. I knew she would continue to fly if I approached her. So I tried to explain my intention to her from a distance. She was all so cute. She tilted her head to the left and right while listening to me. After I explained, I grabbed her and she wasn’t struggling at all until I tried to remove the hair and a rubber band from both her feet. She struggled a little and I guess it must be painful!
It took me quite a while to cut away the hair and the rubber band as I didn’t want to cut her accidentally.
Her feet looked good and not badly damaged. She was able to stand but stumbled quite a bit. Whatever that is hurting her feet requires time to heal. She didn’t fly away but kept looking at me. I wish her to be safe always and this will never happen to her again and that she will receive help all the time.
Pigeons are such gentle and harmless birds. All we want is food and water. Even though many think that we are not allowed to give water but I insist giving them water every day. Singapore’s weather is so hot and humid. The sun is so strong that I could feel my skin burning all the time. Intentionally not allowing or kicking away the water given to them is not only a selfish act but also an immoral conduct. It’s inhumane. It’s not what a human being should do to another sentient being who needs water as much as we do.
Be kind to all animals. We are all the same!
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