Please Stop Saving Wild Animals

[Truthorfib]

It's also astonishing to me how some people think that releasing an animal that grew in a zoo is a good idea. An animal like that is basically the equivalent of a human growing up well fed and housed in a hotel to basically the jungle and telling them good luck. They did this with an Orca once and when it was released it kept trying to follow boats wondering why it was abandoned and died a few months after.

[O_KJ]

Bro really yeeted the monkey back to where he didn’t want to be.

[codetheartisttv]

Imagine walking home from work in the pouring rain and you get abducted by aliens and get dropped back off at work in the pouring rain lmfao

[AwokenEntertainment]

it's truly shocking how much damage people can cause by "just trying to help"
intention is not everything..

[Cee]

The rabbit wanted to go back to save her children. And we as humans can't comprehend the fact that these animals have babies

[JustARandomFio]

As a rescuer (stray dogs and feral cats) myself, I know the dilemma too well, especially when it comes to pups that are apparently left alone. You can never know if they are abandoned or their mom is looking for food, just by passing by. So you can do it wrong both ways, by either non-caring or taking them. The only right way is to take some time to monitor the situation and then to act accordingly when you can be sure you're doing it right. This way you can make sure not to take away pups from their mom but also to not let them die if they are abandoned.

[treboris]

The one animal you should always help is turtles trying to cross the road. Just give them a quick lift in the direction they are headed.

[ashes]

Yep! My grandmother was an older native lady and we were taught that you don't mess with animals like this unless they are caught in human traps or asking for help, more than likely you are not helping the animal.

[rustyhowe]

I waited several days asking neighbors if they'd seen where this kitten, that decided to move in with us, came from. No-one mentioned he was theirs and no-one posted any missing posters or responded to my lost and found, he also didn't have a full tummy so it was clear he wasn't being fed. I got him checked at the vet for a microchip, none so I kept him.
Before then I looked after a stray cat, got his chip checked only to find the owners moved 9 years prior, never reported him lost and then denied they ever owned him, he lived to 19 with me.
Years later another cat in very good condition followed me home so I took her to get a microchip check, neighbors were in tears I found her after she ran off during a terrible storm.
Just observe, hold back and check, it's not that hard and every critter has their own unique story.

[Lacroix]

Humans, as well intentioned as they may try to be, don’t always get it right.

[larrywalsh]

I used to live on a small farm next to a fairly busy road. You wouldn't believe how many times the authorities showed up due to a complaint by a passerby. The problem? The horses were being horses. Majority of our population live in large cities watching disney and peta and have no knowledge of animal behavior. And apparently no knowledge of human behavior.

[brianmcclenahan]

People against GMOs don't understand that it's not the vegetation that is dangerous but usually the pesticides used to help grow it. While people are concerned about looking for that non-GMO apple, they don't realize that the real difference is when pesticides were last used on it. Although it would be nice to see pesticide free as a labeling, the difficulty of growing the various fruits and vegetables without pesticides is extremely difficult.

[BloodVixen]

Intervening requires knowledge of the environment and ecosphere you inhabit.

3 days ago I had a situation where a baby bird was learning to fly and had fallen onto the ground in my front yard where I have two dogs. One of them, was a younger hound, and was loosely pawing at the bird as it cried out in distress. It's parents were squawking loudly overhead, clearly distressed as well at the situation. The best thing I could do in this situation was to round up the dogs, and secure them on the porch, giving the bird enough time to recover and attempt another flight.

I came back 5 minutes later, and the baby bird had successfully left. All in all, it required hardly any intervention. More or less, it was about teaching my domesticated animals not to get involved because sometimes wild animals have things like parasites, and I would feel better with them sticking to a diet that I provide them.

[igorbruno]

Here in Brazil a lot of people talk about saving baby turtles and creating a route so they could get from sand to ocean safely.
I wonder how much this action would impact other species.

[loolafly]

Absolute rubbish about the first monkey. The monkey was attacked by a much larger monkey and was starting to drowns. They had been monitoring the fight for some time before they decided to help. This man and his colleagues run this whole area as it a sanctuary. And they are experts in what they do.

[TheNamesRJ]

Humanity really has a control freak problem! This is why people just can’t seem to mind their own business. Always looking for a reason get attention.

[tysumibi]

I am a cat feeder for the local cats around my school and once, this was quite heartbreaking, someone picked up a kitten who’s mother was very scared of people and walked away, I tried to explain that it’s mother was there, but they took the cat away, they obviously didn’t care enough about it because I found it there two days later, fed it, and the next day : gone. people need to respect that wild animals are just like us and don’t deserve all the kidnapping that we think will help them

[AliScott]

Shout out the cat I almost accidentally stole because I thought it needed rescuing. It didn't wanna come with me, so I left it, came back, and she was gone.
About a week later, I found her sitting on the porch of her home

[thefadingmoonlight]

This needed to be said. Thank you for posting this video!
In addition to people who act with good intentions, I've noticed an uptick of videos where people intentionally injure or put animals (domestic or otherwise) in dangerous situations and pretend to rescue them.

[Renegade]

With animals that don't appear to be in any danger, monitor the situation from afar. This is especially true with birds. Fledgling birds often appear helpless, but are in actuality being monitored by one of the parents and your interference only serves to hinder the fledgling rather than help it.