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Duck dodges death again

After being shot and refrigerated for two days, what's a little pulmonary arrest?

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published January 29, 2007

TALLAHASSEE - Perky is one tough duck.

The ring-neck duck has been shot by a hunter, rescued from two days in a refrigerator and - in its latest brush with death - resuscitated on a veterinarian's operating table.

The 1-pound female duck stopped breathing Saturday during an operation to repair gunshot damage to its wing, said Noni Beck of Goose Creek Wildlife Sanctuary. Veterinarian David Hale performed CPR and managed to get the fractured fowl breathing again after several tense moments.

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

Perky grabbed national attention last week after a hunter's wife opened her refrigerator door and the supposedly dead duck lifted its head and looked at her. The duck had been in the fridge for two days since it was shot and mistaken for dead on Jan. 15.

Perky, who now has a pin in its wing, will probably not undergo any more surgery because of a sensitivity to anesthesia, Hale said. The duck is recovering from its latest ordeal.

[Last modified January 29, 2007, 01:07:05]

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by elpri	01/29/07 10:18 PM
Rabbit season,NO DUCK SEASON,no rabbit season,DUCK SEASON,ok Daffy you win it's DUCK SEASON......@@@@##%%%!!!!!

by Patricia	01/29/07 04:41 PM
Strange that the "hunter" put his catch in the fridge without cleaning it (how much meat is on a 1 lb duck anyway)- lucky for the duck, though. hope she survives.

by Kay	01/29/07 12:21 PM
I love animals as much as the next guy, but it doesn't make sense to me to put a pin in a duck's wing. What does the hunter say about loosing his "catch"?