Sophia Trevor

Review of Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA

I am very sorry to have to write something but I f...

I am very sorry to have to write something but I feel very compelled to after my experience here. A palm tree had been cut down in my yard, and I found a baby bird. I tried to put a baby bird in a box higher up, but I found him again late afternoon, with the parents nowhere to be found.. He was lively, squeaking and moving around perfectly fine. His breathing was relaxed and he was not injured at all. I took him in and kept him warm in an incubator. I turned in the baby bird on Sunday afternoon to this shelter. I called again this morning, on tuesday ( they are closed on monday) to ask about this baby bird and a rather rude and cold lady said she had no idea what I was talking about. I asked how can I be more specific. She took down my name and looked up a file and said had euthanized this little bird because "he was having trouble breathing". I am heartbroken at this news... This is a place that is supposed to KNOW what they are doing when it comes to animals, and I hate making assumptions, but this little bird seemed perfectly fine for the little time that I was keeping him warm, before I gave him to this place, and then I call and its been euthanized...... I feel that I could have taken better care of the baby bird myself. I know this isn't always best for a small baby bird to be raised by humans, but how could a baby bird go from being perfectly seemingly ok to euthanized in two days... It breaks my heart and I keep crying over this whole situation... He was so small and seemed ok.. Why do you have to be rude to people calling in to ask about animals well being?