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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CerambyX" data-source="post: 3481942" data-attributes="member: 50663">EDIT - oops, while I was writing my comment Jānis already clarified things. Hmm, a new bits of information have surfaced in the story of this unlucky bird. It wasn't actually deliberately killed - first of all the bird was already in poor condition (very low fat score) and as the weather outside was bad (cold + snowfall) finder decided not to release the bird straight away (also to resolve ID). The bird was even given some food (though not sure what kind of food and where the bird was kept during this time) to potentially replenish some energy but to no avail - bird expired shortly after.It seems that this whole mess is just a case of misinformation and bad wording on part of the guy who first posted info on facebook (from there the 'obtained' was picked up) and miscommunication by rest of us (including me) as the full story should've came out a bit earlier. So yeah.. looks like the story is not that grim after all.</blockquote>