We were only supposed to be walking past the pub. We ended up leaving with a baby crow in a box. This was the second time in two years we’d taken on a corvid rescue from the same spot in a densely populated urban setting. (See here for the story of Mortimer, this junior crow’s older sibling.) This story is ongoing - and I’m not yet convinced that it’s going to have a happy ending.
Read moreUrban Crow Rescue - Mortimer's Story
"This was a dilemma for us. The only circumstance where it's appropriate to rescue a wild bird is when it's injured and there is danger nearby - and this little bird was most definitely injured, still flightless, next to a main road and at the mercy of cats, dogs, foxes, rats, people and traffic."
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