A phone call from PGC

People are wanting to help in anyway they can, and I am grateful for this help. Sometimes, like yesterday it seems that I get bad news on top of bad news and it slams me into depression. All I did yesterday was cry and clean.

One of those pieces of bad news was that a CT vet called the GC and they called her back. Her conversation with them consisted of them telling her that there was no way Wiggles was coming back to me. They didn't care about the emotional toll on me or on Wiggles. They do not care!

They keep animals like this who can't be rehabilitated and released to help socialize other animals.

Ok...How does that make any sense? They want Wiggles to help socialize and tame other starlings?

#1. Wiggles doesn't know he's a starling. He doesn't know he's a bird. That's what happens during the bonding process of starlings.

#2. If anyone puts a disabled bird in with a whole flock of other birds, that disabled bird gets picked on and pushed out of the flock one way or another. It's the flock mentality where a disabled or ill bird will slow down the flock and they'll be in danger of being killed by a predator.

#3. They want to socialize other non native presumably releasable birds, why?

#4. And lastly, just a few weeks ago they said Wiggles was recovering and would be released. 

I don't believe any of their bullshit!

They won't give him back to me because they don't want other people to just start taking birds from the outdoors, the "wild" as they say. If they make starling legal, like every other state in the union (except for 3 others) then they won't have this issue. Where do they think most of our pets came from at one time or another? They weren't always in pet stores!! You can't own a ferret in DC because they consider that a wild animals. Did you know this? How many people own ferrets? A lot of people!! How about hedgehogs? Parrots? I have a wild caught Amazon in my home. Yep! Wild caught!

Starlings can mimic any sound they hear. Just like parrots can. Starlings can talk and they can talk in context. Just like parrots can. Does that sound like a "wild" animal to you? Do a search for videos on talking starlings. You'll be amazed at their little voices!

How is saving the life of a precious baby wrong and killing an animal just because you can right? Someone, please tell me!