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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JDatchens" data-source="post: 1714751" data-attributes="member: 1228">I think some of you are being very unfair and unkind to the OP who is clearly concerned about these birds.This is not an unheard of incident, you know.  Some years back I used to work in a big DIY "warehouse" type store and we had a small bird inside for a couple of days.  As it wasn't a food store like the supermarket in question there wasn't the Health and Safety risks but nevertheless the bird had to go because when the store was closed its movements were likely to set off the alarms, apart from upsetting the sensibilities of more delicate customers who might inadvertantly find a small deposit on the packaging or their wall plugs.  There was talk about perhaps getting in a falconer to scare the bird out but I think in the end all we did was lock the doors open and leave the bird to find its own way out once it wasn't being harrassed (I can't remember but maybe it left through the rear warehouse entrance rather then the front customer doors?)It could be the OP works for the company in question and cannot afford to lose his or her job over a matter of principle.  I do wonder if the bosses have really exhausted every possibility of allowing these birds to leave the store by themselves before calling in a pest control firm - but it does seem they have at least applied for a licence so they must have looked into the legalities first.  Sad thing is these poor wee innocent birds are probably no more, having survivied the worst of the freezing weather.:-C</blockquote>

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