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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
Wild birds die a lot. Something like 40-90% of birds die in their first year of life. It varies by species of bird so it's hard to find an exact number. The bird in the article, "lesser goldfinch", is not endangered or a threatened species. If you find an injured bird outside, you should probably do nothing; leave it alone. That is nature.
You may not be wrong but it's wholesome as hell that someone tried, they may not have known this cool science fact and found an animal in trouble and went out of their way to help a small helpless creature and the willingness to do that means a lot more to me than the effectiveness.
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You can see a thing with a company involved and not then buy things. Advertisement (if this even counts) isn't a mind control ray and people here most likely know that capitalism is bad. Anyone who would start using Ubee because it was mentioned in this post would have done stochastic terrorism in the name of the Hexbear way before this. Get over yourself, you aren't the only person capable of basic media literacy that is taught in the seventh grade. Let shit posters shitpost. This doesn't impress anyone.
If you went outside and touched grass, you'd know that dying bird are all over the place. If you ever walked outside for longer than 10 minutes, you probably find one.
dying bird are all over the place. If you ever walked outside for longer than 10 minutes, you probably find one.
what the fuck kind of nightmare neighborhood do you live in dude
It's not wrong. There's literally a dead bird outside my house right now lol
It happens if you have a lot of trees with birds in your neighborhood. They fall off trees a lot (mostly happens during a few particular times of the year) and then they die. It's kinda sad but it is what it is.
I mean they're right. Do you not have trees where you're from? Or grass?
Yeah they're dying because of all the outdoor cats right?
Honestly wtf is your comment, it's embarrassing
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"?
If they are in my lawn attacking birds on my garden then I will scold them off. Otherwise, fair game almost.
