Gail Daniell really loves birds -- so much so that when an injured pigeon stopped breathing, the Australian woman didn't give it a moment's thought before administering CPR.
"[The bird] just stopped breathing and I didn't even think twice, I just started with the CPR (http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/gail-daniell-saves-denis-the-pigeon-with-cpr-when-he-stopped-breathing/story-e6frea83-1226581469411)," Daniell explained to Adelaide Now. "I gave him probably three or four little breaths and pumped his little chest a few times and he started to come back to life.
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Daniell works as a volunteer with Fauna Rescue SA (http://www.faunarescue.org.au/home.htm), a nonprofit wildlife rescue organization that cares for about 3,000 animals, birds and reptiles on a yearly basis.
Believe it or not, bird CPR is not an uncommon procedure. According to Bird Talk Magazine, bird CPR is performed in much the same way (http://www.birdchannel.com/bird-diet-and-health/bird-emergency-care/bird-cpr.aspx) as CPR on a human -- for birds, though, one has to watch out for unwelcome bites and sharp beaks.
Still wary? Be glad you aren't Dr. Jeff Cooney, a veterinarian in Bend, Ore., who had the task of performing beak-to-mouth resuscitation on a wild bald eagle (http://www.ktvz.com/news/Injured-Bald-Eagle-Gets-Mouth-to-Beak-CPR/-/413192/619344/-/ghilc5/-/index.html) in 2011, KTVZ previously reported.
Via: HuffingtonPost