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 ====== A Frequent Facebook Scenario ======
-I just read a post from someone, who found an injured bird on the pavement, a collared dove nestling. This person shooed away some rooks, who pecked on the nestling.  As this is rather unlikely, lets pretend the person shooed away crows.  This person was on her lunch break, and needed to go back urgently to her work place. She took a number of pictures and videos before she left the dove, rushed back to work and spent then some time at work to compile a media post describing her encounter and also adding some pictures and videos to illustrate her story.
+{{ :collared_dove.jpeg?200|}}I just read a post from someone, who found an injured bird on the pavement, a collared dove fledgling. This person shooed away some rooks, who pecked on the nestling.  As this is rather unlikely, lets pretend the person shooed away crows.  This person was on her lunch break, and needed to go back urgently to her work place. She took a number of pictures and videos before she left the dove, rushed back to work and spent then some time at work to compile a media post describing her encounter and also adding some pictures and videos to illustrate her story.
-There are several plausible psychological and practical reasons why someone might prioritise a social media post over immediately rescuing an injured or poorly bird.
+There are several plausible psychological and practical reasons why someone might prioritise a social media post over immediately rescuing an injured or poorly animal.
 There are some people who belief in crowd mobilisation. Some people genuinely think posting online first will mobilise more resources, for example reaching wildlife experts, animal rescue groups or someone nearby with proper training. They may believe this creates a better outcome than attempting to help alone.
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 Of course then there is this option. Some people are genuinely uneasy around injured animals due to fear of disease, blood or simply discomfort with suffering. Delaying helps them manage their anxiety, though it does not excuse inaction.
-It may also show deeply ingrained anthropocentrism and speciism,  showing disregard towards other sentient beings, unless they are human of course. I still have some hope in humanity, and do still belief that a person in this situation would not have left a toddler lying on the ground.
+It may also show deeply ingrained anthropocentrism and speciism,  showing disregard towards other sentient beings, unless they are human of course. I still have some hope in humanity, but do also belief that a person in this situation would not have left a toddler lying on the ground.
 The core issue is a trade-off between immediate intervention versus mobilising broader help, which often enough makes the difference between life and death. While the well-intentioned intent behind posting might be "someone with expertise will see this", time-critical situations like wildlife injuries generally favour immediate contact with local animal control or wildlife rehabilitators directly rather than via social media first.
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 Please follow the links below to find out more of what to do in this kind of situation.
+  * [[who_to_help_and_who_to_leave_alone|Who to Help and Who to Leave Alone]]
+  * [[how_to_catch_a_poorly_bird|How to Catch a Poorly Bird]]
+  * [[general_first_aid_measures|General First Aid Measures]]