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You don’t exactly have to be sober to still make a difference.
An animal shelter in Ogden, Utah, says its latest baby bird rescue was delivered by an Uber driver after a man, drinking responsibly, decided he didn’t want to risk driving the bird to the shelter himself.
Tim Crowley was day drinking with friends on a neighbor’s porch on a Saturday afternoon. That’s when he saw a little bird fall from the sky, CNN afiliate KSTU reported.
Crowley and his friends took a picture of the bird and sent it to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah. A representative from the rehabilitation center texted back, telling them to bring the bird in.
It took two tries. The first Uber driver backed out, finding the request too odd. But a second one, Christy Guynn, agreed.
She put the little bird in a box with leaves the men gave her.
“The only noise was the chirping,” Guynn told KSTU. “I guess he was happy when I turned off the air conditioning off and rolled the windows down a little bit. I definitely think it was a little too cold for him.”
The orphaned baby bird, a lesser goldfinch, was less than two weeks old.
“While we feel we’ve seen it all and can’t be amazed by anything, there is always SOMEONE out there to prove us wrong,” rehab center workers wrote on Facebook
They may do, However if the animal needs euthanasia because of whatever, I'd rather a vet doing so than the animal living in agony waiting for some other creature to take it away. I disagree with "leave it alone. That is nature." We should help nature even if the positive outcome is very low. Like lets care for the planet we live on you know?
Every summer for the past 5 years, I've watched a black snake slither up the same tree to crawl into nests and swallow baby birds and eggs. Every year, I know that baby birds in the tree are going to be eaten by the snake. Do I warn the birds to not create a nest in the tree? Do I prevent the snake from climbing the tree? What should the snake eat? Who are we to intervene with these forces of nature? How would it benefit nature to take sustenance away from natural predators?
Yes, and I agree. If the snake want's lunch, an bird has laid eggs which are unguarded sure, let it be. Dangerous to piss off hungry animals anyway.
However if an animal could be saved, like the story above then why not save it if the resources are available? What harm are you inflicting? Imagine this scenario: Your bleeding in the street, why should I intervene and phone the ambulance?
Which would you rather: Screaming in pain on the street with guaranteed death , or screaming in pain while being treated for potential life? Why should that animal suffer death because "we shouldn't intervene"?
How do you feel about outdoor cats
If they are in my lawn attacking birds on my garden then I will scold them off. Otherwise, fair game almost.