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Message: <blockquote data-quote="humminbird" data-source="post: 1667999" data-attributes="member: 14492">The trouble started when we assume the bird is going to die if we do not intervene.  No evidence to support this at all.  To elaborate on the hummingbird example, we have a hummingbird sitting behind bars in a Chicago zoo because well intentioned people assumed it was going to perish if they did not do something (the Green-breasted Mango that spent several months in Beloit WI).  No evidence it would not survive.  In fact, the evidence they used to justify capture ("obviously it was in trouble, it was spending all of its time eating") indicates to those who know hummingbirds the bird was preparing for a long journey!Is the bird any better off behind bars?</blockquote>