...better than a wildlife center? This is driving me nuts knowing that there are so many injured birds out there (injured by peoples' cats, falling out of a nest, abandonment, losing its parent, etc etc etc) being POORLY cared for by ignorant people that would forgo the birds' health just to be able to have the chance to INCORRECTLY care for it!!!
Grrr.
What can I do to prevent this from happening so much??
I used to volunteer at a wildlife rehabilitation center and there would be stories from the vets on how so many people find baby birds and raise them, and then the bird gets too big or it gets sick, and the people dont know what to do so they give it THEN to the wildlife center, but the damage was already done and the birds' muscles and bones were nutrient-deficient and poorly developed from lack of exercise.
But quite often, the bird doesn't even get that big. It just dies before it can grow up.
There'd also be stories on how people found a bird on the ground (a fledgeling - bird learning how to fly, parents still taking care of it) and assumed it was injured and basically kidnapped it and tried to raise it on their own, ending up causing harm unintentionally and bringing it to the wildlife center. But by then, the bird had alerady developed a too-close relationship with humans and ended up being nonreleasable.
GRRRRRR This is frustrating me.
Grrr.
What can I do to prevent this from happening so much??
I used to volunteer at a wildlife rehabilitation center and there would be stories from the vets on how so many people find baby birds and raise them, and then the bird gets too big or it gets sick, and the people dont know what to do so they give it THEN to the wildlife center, but the damage was already done and the birds' muscles and bones were nutrient-deficient and poorly developed from lack of exercise.
But quite often, the bird doesn't even get that big. It just dies before it can grow up.
There'd also be stories on how people found a bird on the ground (a fledgeling - bird learning how to fly, parents still taking care of it) and assumed it was injured and basically kidnapped it and tried to raise it on their own, ending up causing harm unintentionally and bringing it to the wildlife center. But by then, the bird had alerady developed a too-close relationship with humans and ended up being nonreleasable.
GRRRRRR This is frustrating me.