Riding home this afternoon, alongside a busy road I spotted two Canadian geese and a flock of chicks in distress - they were trapped between the road and a wire fence. Thing is, I know the area well and there is no lake for miles around. I can only assume they had recently hatched somewhere away from water.
http://youtu.be/-wA9s45B68w
Anyway, I stopped and tried phoning the police and the RSPCA - neither wanted to know and both referred me to the other!
I couldn't just leave them so I walked along the fence until I found a hole which I stamped down to make bigger. I then shepherded the hissing mum and dad through it and then caught the young 'uns, all five of them, and chucked them through as well. Had to give them a good chuck to clear nettles and tall grass etc. They were last seen heading in the direction of a lake a couple of miles away. I hope they made it.
http://youtu.be/FXKNd14B5lk
http://youtu.be/-wA9s45B68w
Anyway, I stopped and tried phoning the police and the RSPCA - neither wanted to know and both referred me to the other!
I couldn't just leave them so I walked along the fence until I found a hole which I stamped down to make bigger. I then shepherded the hissing mum and dad through it and then caught the young 'uns, all five of them, and chucked them through as well. Had to give them a good chuck to clear nettles and tall grass etc. They were last seen heading in the direction of a lake a couple of miles away. I hope they made it.
http://youtu.be/FXKNd14B5lk