I am trying to understand why people would go to the trouble of rescuing a sick, injured or orphaned wild animal, then refuse to take it to a trained rehabilitator. Rehabilitators know how to care for the animal without making it a pet, know how to provide the proper nutrition, know how to properly prepare it for release, and know how to teach it to recognize and find its natural food. They also know how to condition a bird for flight. So, why do so many people claim they care so much for the animal they rescued, but refuse to get it the trained, professional help it needs?
2007-07-13 08:42:23 · 9 answers · asked by margecutter 7 in Pets ➔ Birds
I am not talking about people who do not have a licensed rehabber anywhere near them, but people who simply refuse to consider the option, the ones who simply insist "I am keeping it!"
2007-07-13 08:44:10 · update #1
I know what you mean...I have seen countless questions that both you and I and others have answered giving them the correct information on what they SHOULD do and then I will see their comment or get an email on the bird dying because they STILL continuted to try and raise it on their own, and ignored all the advice they were given! That "amy" person is a perfect example and it infuriates me!
2007-07-13 13:28:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I agree! Every day on this board we tell people to contact a wildlife rescue organization when they find a bird. I'm sure some do but others may have a personality in need of rescuing something or somebody and will refuse to listen. The odds are great that those untrained individuals will end up killing the animal.
For those who say there aren't licensed rehabbers in their area, I don't believe there isn't someone close by who can help an injured wild animal. Most vets will take a sick animal and care for it.
Silver2sea
2007-07-13 15:58:36 · answer #2 · answered by silver2sea 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This happens in all rescues & it depends on the animals health, if they think it'll survive or not.
It also depends on the volunteer groups. Rescues are mainly based on volunteers & sometimes rescues don't have the man power, equipment, money, etc to keep going on some animals. This is where they need to make the executive decision on whether it's worth it to go on or not & no it isn't as simple as taking it home & caring for it yourself or anything like that. Ya gotta look at the whole picture when it comes to rescues. Some animals they're just unable to save because of these reasons.
Most of the time the animals are turned away because they already have more animals that they can already cope with. During natural disasters etc it gets even harder to cope with all the injured animals & some, even if seem ok, need to be put down because they can't all get the care needed.
It isn't a matter of being selfish, sometimes they have no choice.
2007-07-13 19:31:39 · answer #3 · answered by kim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not that they are heartless or anything, but they like helping. For example me, when I was 11 I found a helpless baby sparrow without any parents around. I took it home and feed her baby bird formula and guess what? It survived. When the bird began eating on its own i decided to release her, so I did. Of course I knew how to take care of her because I got my first pet bird when i was 5 years old. Now I have 7 Parakeets, 1 Cockatiel, and 2 lovebirds. They are all very health and happy and I love them to death. When ever they get sick I take them to the vet, no matter what the cost is and i pay for it. I am 17 now and found a baby sparrow at the end of May, which i took in to care for. Now that we are in July I found out that it was a house sparrow and since i fell in love with the little bird and it is legal to have them, i decided to give it a home and keep her (Yes i am positive that she is a house sparrow, the vet told me). So you see all people want is to help, so before anyone starts judging you should really think about it. Some people just want to help and they do have a heart because do you know how much time it takes out of your life, you have to be patient and all. So she is extremely happy and do you want to know how I know because she always fallows me and she always stays with me and she enjoys playing with the other birds. And incase any person tries to call me heartless first know that she is not kept in a cage but loose around the house and she flies to where ever she pleases. I hope I helped.
P.S. most of the people I know tell me that I should become a vet, but my dream is to be a surgeon.
2007-07-13 23:26:49 · answer #4 · answered by unknownuser 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they think the animal is not injured to the extent that you have to take the animal to the veterinarian, they think they can do it themselves. Maybe they can't afford to pay for rehabilitation, but want to rescue the animal. Or maybe they think it is not their job to take the animals there, they have already done enough.
2007-07-13 15:50:13 · answer #5 · answered by goodluck 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Impulse-
then they discover that it is going to cost them some time , effort and, money.
I am afraid it is simply a selfish impulse.
Perhaps they believe that the animal will be some kind of status symbol.or bring them some attention.
2007-07-13 16:12:36 · answer #6 · answered by Bemo 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
these are the people of HEARTLESS COMPASSION. they have compassion for the weak & sick animals but do not have the heart to have it rehabilitated. often too, they think they can do better than the trained rehabilitators.
2007-07-13 16:21:45 · answer #7 · answered by Blonde from D islands 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
How many people do that? Not a significant amount that you should worry your pretty little head over.
2007-07-13 15:46:09 · answer #8 · answered by ♥Twinkle♥Toes 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Stupid, selfish, and want to appear kind and compassionate, to look good, at the detriment to the animal. Period
2007-07-14 00:42:30 · answer #9 · answered by sammybarb 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋