That duck escapes death again!

[azmouse]

Maybe she should have been named 'Phoenix' for rising from the dead so often!



Duck who spent 2 days in fridge escapes death again
Associated Press
Jan. 29, 2007 10:27 AM

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Perky is one tough bird.

The ring-neck duck survived being shot and spending two days in a hunter's refrigerator — and now she's had a close brush with death on a veterinarian's operating table.

The one-pound female duck stopped breathing Saturday during surgery to repair gunshot damage to one wing, said Noni Beck of the Goose Creek Wildlife Sanctuary.

Veterinarian David Hale revived the bird after several tense moments by performing CPR.

"I started crying, 'She's alive!'" Beck said.

Perky entered the headlines last week after a hunter's wife opened her refrigerator door and the should've-been-dead duck lifted its head and looked at her. The bird had been in the fridge for two days since being shot and presumed killed Jan. 15.

Perky is recovering with a pin installed in the fractured wing, and probably will not have more surgery because of her sensitivity to anesthesia, Hale said.


http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/0129duck-shot-CR.html

[graywarrior]

1. I can't tell you how upsetting this is.

[azmouse]

4. But she's still hanging in there...

just like your duck! :hi:

[Hugin]

2. ...

:candlevigilsmilie:

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. Why are people wasting time and money on that duck?

It's destiny was to be shot and turned into dinner.

How the fuck did it end up at the vet's?

[graywarrior]

5. I know a duck who like to beak you to smithereens right now.

[azmouse]

6. Maybe they ran out of orange sauce

so they decided to save it for another day. :shrug: