Someone was posting on a local social media site about an injured hawk they'd found, and lamenting that there are no local resources to help.
They made calls to several agencies; no one would help, but everyone reminded them it was illegal to keep the hawk.
Government is garbage.
Back when I did a lot of wildlife rescue, I didn't ask permission. I didn't talk about what I was doing. I knew it was "illegal", but I didn't care. I even had state wildlife officials bring me an injured bird of prey once. And he recovered and went free about a month later.
Yes, it was more common for "authorities" to look the other way back then. They are much worse now.
I didn't volunteer to help this person, since their social media post has made the situation public- even more public than calling around asking for help had already done. Plus, they said they had done as they were told and released the hawk to its fate.
When the laws are wrong, good people ignore the laws and bad people enforce the laws.
I did reply to the post, suggesting they keep "authorities" out of the loop and not post about such things in the future, but just do what they can to help. I know the group's resident copsucker will tell me to stay out of it because it's none of my business (she's done it before).
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