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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Not law - Turkey at Texas Courthouse, Deer at Purdue's Lilly Hall

Both broke windows. Both apparently were unharmed.

"Turkey flies through Lubbock County Courthouse window, unharmed by hit" reads a story today flagged by How Appealing. Don't miss the photo of the "cartoon-like hole in the glass" - here. Hmm, Lubbock, I wonder if hunter Bob Knight still calls it home.

"Deer survives crash through window at Purdue" is the headline of this story today from the Lafayette Journal Courier:

A small male deer was expected to recover after smashing a window at Purdue University Monday morning.

Police responded to a call around 8:10 a.m. that a deer had jumped into a window well above the downstairs hallway connecting Lilly Hall and Life Science Plants and Soils Laboratory.

Fortunately for the deer, Purdue has a vet school:
Anesthesiologists from the Large Animal Hospital came to the scene around 9 a.m. and tranquilized the deer, which was estimated to weigh about 100 pounds. * * *

Michele Barletta, who administered the tranquilizers, said the buck, which had cuts to the face and leg but no apparent broken bones, would survive best if released to the wild.

Animal control officers took the animal and planned to release it.

"It's in its best interest to let it out in a field rather than take it back to the hospital," Barletta said.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on May 20, 2008 06:56 PM
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