Dieing dove

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I just came from a Walk around where I live and came across a Dove on the ground trying to fly it was an adult male so it did not fall out of a nest I picked him up to see whats wrong with him he had blood comeing from the beak struggeling to breath I held it upside down seemed to help patting him on his back he must of had a lot of blood in his lungs. but it did not last long he started to cough and he started to have a fit than that was it he died in my hands. I don't know why but I cried for him. Have any one heard of this before is it Normal?

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  • buriedalive
    15 years ago

    That's must be really horrible to see, I'm sorry :( my friend saw something like that once, and it really upset her, it's perfectly normal to feel unhappy about it, empathy like that is a good thing.

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  • TheIncorrigible
    14 years ago

    Jesus Christ guys.

    One million people have died as a consequence of the US war on Iraq in the last 5 years. ONE MILLION.
    In circumstances of horrific violence and unthinkable suffering. 1,000,000. A figure that is almost beyond our capacity to comprehend.

    And you are crying over insects and dying birds?
    Fuck me, i can't understand people at all

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    • crimson_mamba
      14 years ago

      you're very presumptuous. When the hell did he say he didnt give a flying fcuk about humans and cared about a bird OVER a human. Can he not express empathy for another living being without you gnashing your teeth and demanding to know why he didnt mention your beloved soldiers?

      If anything us humans are DESTROYING and polluting the earth and the animals are paying for it. I saw a documentary involving a vast frontier of melting glaciers and a lone polar bear desperately swimming hopelessly trying to find a resting glacier. We all know the fate of that polar bear, drowned of course. Many other species are on the verge of extinction BECAUSE OF US.

      Our wars, our violence, our nuclear bombs, does this deserve respect? no.

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    • yellow
      14 years ago

      We didn't watch them die.

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    • ExplosiveFurry
      14 years ago

      And the person here did not find a dying soldier, child or civillian coughing up blood.

      Loss of life in any case is bad, animal or otherwise.

      In this case, the person tried to save it, and connected with the creater, and as such, it was a great loss.

      They tried to save it, and failed.
      The fact that something you tried to help is gone forever, not matter what you did, is a terrible feeling indeed.

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    • IveGotBallsOfSteal
      14 years ago

      At least animals are totally innocent.

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    • thundercat
      14 years ago

      Hey man, do you really think humans have some privilege over other forms of life, beyond a better predatory aptitudes? Man can change its destiny by thinking, other animals don't. And the 'normal' human will just blotch and throw in the gutter that chance. If men get in wars and get killed, it's up to them. A non-human animal is more apt to be pitied than many humans.

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    • Daniigurll
      14 years ago

      Please, I have empathy for birds and insects and all animals I cry when they die, I think that when we spend time with some creature or someone even just for a minute we have empathy when they die if we do not know the soldier I don't think we would care, we never knew them or spent 20 seconds with them so therefore there is no empathy for the soldiers.

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    • Nightwish27
      14 years ago

      Humans are not more important Birds, other animals...ect.. why cant people see that?

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    I hope you buried it and didn't leave it there. Damn thats heartbreaking. Just imagine having a beautiful creature die in your arms by your failed attempt to save its life!

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  • Ryuhei
    13 years ago

    This story made me cry, yea its normal

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  • IveGotBallsOfSteal
    14 years ago

    That's really cool. I feel for you. I once had my cat bring home a baby bird that must have fallen out of it's nest. I had to drown the baby bird in my hands in the sink because I didn't have the heart to break it's neck. I cried the whole time.
    It was a hell of a way to start a work day. I'm a pretty tough guy too, but animals get to me like that. Good on you for feeling compassion for them.

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    • IveGotBallsOfSteal
      14 years ago

      PS the bird was in pretty bad shape. I didn't just kill it because I didn't now what else to do... he was on his way out.

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  • christine
    14 years ago

    That is very sad. I don't know why that would happen. My best guess is that he had a hurt wing and fell out of a tree. It is also possible that he was attacked by another preditory bird or other animal. Anyway, it was nice that you tried to help but you can get very sick from touching dying birds so I hope you washed your hands ASAP.

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  • PoisonFlowers
    14 years ago

    I've had a very similar experience with a wood pigeon that I got to "know" after more than a year. It made me cry too.
    Life is so fragile and fleeting and it broke my heart to see him go.

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  • thundercat
    14 years ago

    About the poster, you are a normal caring and human human. With good luck, this will be the generalized norm some time in the future.

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  • fauxxmuu
    14 years ago

    Watching anything die is a very emotional experience. I held my mouse while it died in my hands and it really made me realize the fragility of life and the brief amount of time we get in this world. Don't worry, it's normal.

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  • Intoxicality
    14 years ago

    I would just like to say how happy it makes me that there are still people like you around. It disgusts me how many people I know would deliberately torture that bird if they got their hands on it.

    I can't say I've ever heard of a disease or something that would cause that to happen, but the fact that you took the time to care for it is a great thing!

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  • LuckyTofu
    14 years ago

    You spelled "Dying" wrong. It really bugs me.

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  • midgetWHAT
    14 years ago

    bless no thats never happened to me, but you feel empathy that is never bad

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  • Divx99
    14 years ago

    it is above normal it is really a heart touching incendent as i was reading your happened story i was almost about to cry.

    but i had never faced such an incendent if i really faced such an incendent and unable to save it's life then i will may be crying for days for being so helpless for such a life

    SURENDAR CHOWDARY , INDIA

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  • melvino
    15 years ago

    its normal this has happened to me.

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  • JoeyAnne
    15 years ago

    its normal. i once took a picture of a lady bug because i got so close, then when i turned my back for a second, someone stepped on it. i keep the picture even when i run out of memory because i realized i would be the only one that would have something to remember it by.

    in your case, you cried because you witnessed death, even though you tried to prevent it. truth is, we're not god, even if you dont believe him. we can't fix what we did not make.

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  • Councilman
    15 years ago

    make fun of me all you want people I know how all of you are but I value all life even you're's. yes it was empathy

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