Today, after months of trying to persuade her to give it to a wildlife rescue, I reported my stepmother to the authorities for illegally keeping an endangered bird in the kitchen. When they took it, she screamed that I had no right to do that, as she considered it hers since she found it. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I found a tiny, featherless baby bird. I knew it was impossible, but I tried to keep it alive through the day. Before I could get it to the wildlife center, it died, and when I got all choked up over it, my mom started laughing at me and saying how "weak" I was. FML
Today, the police knocked on my door, saying that they needed to investigate my house for animal abuse. Apparently the neighbours called, reporting a "screeching bird in pain". I have no bird, but I have been singing quite loudly recently. FML
Today, it was my first day closing alone at a pet store when a lady came in wanting to return a bird she bought months ago. Once I informed her there were no returns on livestock, she let the bird free and ran out the door, leaving me to catch it and explain to my manager where it came from. FML
Today, I found the eggshells from the nest belonging to the little bird that lives outside my house. They were covered in blood and it was quite obvious that they had been eaten. While I was looking at them, the mother bird came over and attacked me. FML
Today, my daughter was playing outside. I was watching her from the window, and I saw her pick up a dead bird. I ran outside to grab her. As I picked her up and started scolding her, she tried to scratch my face. In the attempt, her hand went straight into my mouth. FML
Today, a stranger at a bird show yelled at me for owning an "unnatural and irresponsibly bred" hybrid lorikeet. He's a rescue who was horribly abused in his last home. Fuck me for giving a shit about animals even if they're not pure I guess. FML
Today, I found out that my mother is extremely emotional when it comes to animal deaths when a bird flew into the window and died, and she insisted we have a funeral. FML
Today, after we finished making my 6 year-old daughter a net to catch an injured baby bird, when she went out to catch it she witnessed a stray cat catch and eat it. FML
Today, I saved a bird from being run over as it lay in the middle of the road. Thinking it had a broken wing or something, I started carrying it home, intending to take it to the vet later. It crapped in my hand and flew away. FML
Today, my brother and I found a little bird that couldn't fly. While trying to convince my mom that it couldn't fly so we could keep it, I lightly tossed it in the air and it landed a few feet in front of me. Then my cat grabbed it and ate it. FML
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TwoBytesCarley 27
I didn’t realize the ‘finder’s keepers’ rule comes into play when it comes to living things..
RichardPencil 32
She's keeping a wild bird in the kitchen? Now we know where zoonotic pandemics start.
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TwoBytesCarley 27
I didn’t realize the ‘finder’s keepers’ rule comes into play when it comes to living things..
SamanthaThe1st 23
The ducks in the park are free
RichardPencil 32
She's keeping a wild bird in the kitchen? Now we know where zoonotic pandemics start.
xxWTFxx1981 23
You just don't like your step mother what is the harm in having a pet bird.... you are a hater 😐
CowgirlWithHeart 16
Keeping it in captivity removes it from the breeding pool, for an endangered species that can be a hard hit.
J_Free_Woods 29
Ask her what the bird eats, ask her what she would have done had it gotten sick? Ask her if she had rather a stranger turn her in and possibly come to the wrong conclusion and thought she was trying to make sure it was healthy so she could sell it on the black market, which may have been a federal violation of the lacy act. Ask her if she fed the bird the wrong food and accidentally killed it how she would have felt?