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Originally Posted by spaa  What to do? |
What indeed? When the advice that's offered in good faith by experienced people in dealing with wildlife in response to a REQUEST for help on this forum then it's up to you whether you take it or not I guess. However, despite the (justifiably imo) angry tones of some of our posts, you were given that advice and chose to ignore it. Most of us on here, have a detached and responsible attitude to wildlife born of the recognition that not always one's subjective perception of what an animal needs is not always in accord with the true welfare of an animal. There's nothing wrong with thinking animals are 'cute', there's probably nothing inherently 'wrong' with feeling gratification that a wild animal comes when you ''snap'' your fingers, but I do think when when people come on a wildlife forum to seek ''advice'', they perhaps should not be surprised if others have a rather different approach to the meaning of wild animal ''welfare''.
Sadly, the fact that you were offered opinions and advice about how the young fox should be treated, differed so much from your own views, you took it all as an offence to yourself personally although, I can't think why if we all of us had the welfare of the fox in mind and not our own self esteems. - I can only speak for myself, but it seems a great shame that members on this forum when asked for advice by an unexperienced person, they risk becoming subject to emotional tirades from people who don't like the advice they have been given.
I apologise
again for the harshness of my first post, which I rather thought had been ameliorated by my follow up post but obviously not. However, I'll leave you just with one final thought based on my own experience with wildlife, in the hope that you don't take it too personally:
''Love'' isn't all about being ''fluffy'' about wildlife in need of help, but recognising true compassion for anything starts with recognising your own limitations in dealing with a situation where a wild animal needs help and referring/abdicating the responsibility to someone experienced/a professional in a much better position to administer the help required. In other words, it's knowing when to let go.