Yesterday the dogs found this baby hare up by the barn. Luckily Wills and Kellogg got to him/her before they did any harm, and they placed it in the safety of our (as yet) unused hen house, with the idea of releasing it later when the dogs were elsewhere.
I took it down to a spot where I'd previously seen young hares, laid it down on the grass and it just looked back at me for a while. I gave it a little encouragement, and off it went like a rocket; a lovely sight.
And no, it didn't eat its carrot....
Glad it survived - it does look very bedraggled in the photo.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking O'h NO!!! Cro showing us his fresh meat for his pie!...poor little fella must have been very scared, a great save, as Bob would say "let him go to fatten up a bit" rotten man.
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ReplyDeleteWe are absurdly sentimental where all animals are concerned so we are really pleased to learn of the happy outcome to this story.
Hares live in the open, and not underground like rabbits; hence the bedraggled look. And as it's been raining here for the last 10 days....
ReplyDeleteA bit chewed, but all's well that ends well, eh? Hares seem to be getting scarcer, but everyone who hunts them says there are loads - but they would say that, wouldn't they?
ReplyDeleteGood job you didn't mistake it for a rabbit and still it down the nearest burrow!
ReplyDeleteIt took off like a rocket Cro, because you had started to 'garnish' him with herbs and veg!
ReplyDeleteAs Carole said above.... he'll fatten up nicely in time.
ReplyDeleteAt least you didn't let him 'recover' in the Le Creuset!
ReplyDeleteGood thing you didn't keep it captive for too long....if hares are anything like rabbits they don't survive for too long in captivity (hours).
ReplyDeleteI think they should make a Disney movie after you Cro.
ReplyDeleteA hundred and one Cro's? Mickey Cro? Jungle Cro?
ReplyDeleteMy son once saved a baby rabbit from the jaws of a hunter cat. We bottle-fed him at first, then gave him food he would eat in the wild. We kept him for about a month till we thought he could be on his own. Then my daughter took him to a park and let him free. At first he would not move and she worried, but eventually he took off and hopefully had a good life making more bunnies.
ReplyDeleteGood for you Cro, your kindness shows many times in your posts.
I'm glad you managed to save him (although at first glance it does look like he's on chopping board with the veg!).
ReplyDeleteCarrot, parsley, etc. You're probably right. Later maybe!
ReplyDeleteDid you sing "Born Free" when you let him go?
ReplyDeleteas free as the grass grows
ReplyDeleteborn free
to follow your heart......
He's so pretty. We have three rabbits that gather and eat clover every morning just outside my kitchen windows.
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