Lucky Duck? No, Stupid People.
Taking a break from the Mexico write-up for a moment…
So, by now most have seen this story of:
- hunter shoots duck
- hunter puts duck in fridge without first cleaning it
- 2 days later duck moves when wife opens the fridge
How does this story end? Obviously, the hunter finishes the job and enjoys a fine duck dinner.
Nope. Instead, the duck has now been subjected to some further traumatizing and likely very expensive “specialized treatment”. Only a 75% chance of survival and will likely never be returned to the wild. Who pays for the medical expenses, exactly? More importantly, why?
I think I’ll have to grill some duck this week.
January 25th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
I’d heard the story, but I’m still impressed by how succinctly you drew out the irony of the whole deal!
January 29th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
He is back.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6309159.stm
February 2nd, 2007 at 1:26 pm
It’s a dipshit gun nut, his wife probably thought it was a religious experience or something.
Aside from that, you seem a bit callous. How old are you? You wouldn’t save the life of your cat if he had “only” a 75% chance of survival?
February 2nd, 2007 at 1:36 pm
You are comparing a duck that was the target of a hunt to put food on the table to a family cat? Do you also have an emotional attachment to the steak on your plate (if you are a meat eater)?
That seems pretty screwed up to me. I’d go all out for the family cat. And I would have immediately killed the duck and cleaned it properly.
It is a wild duck. Food on the wing. Flying meat. This isn’t a family pet.
Sure, people have pet ducks and I would expect that given a similar situation, a perfectly reasonable response would be to blow some serious dough saving the family duck’s life.
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