Bird will forever live in captivity because of human involvement

Wildlife Emergency Services received multiple calls Wednesday about a bird attacking people.

“We were getting so many calls and so I told the people it’s not attacking you. Maybe if it was a black bird, they are protective of their nest. But when I saw the picture I knew it was a young bird,” said Wildlife Emergency Services President and CEO Rebecca Dmytryk.

The bird was identified as a raven,a very hungry raven.

“If you can imagine this big bird with big gaping mouth coming after you, but it was desperate,” said Dmytryk.

Wildlife Emergency Services believe someone took it in as a pet, then released it back into the wild. Doing this caused the bird to become dependent on people for food.

“It doesn’t know that this is the species it was born as so it’s very cruel in the sense because we took that wildness, that identity from that animal,” said Dmytryk.

Ravens are protected by State and Federal laws, and shouldn’t be taken in as pets.

“He’ll stay in captivity for the rest of his life. But in a broader sense it’s cruel because this beautiful animal was taken from the wild, and the wild was taken from him,” said Dmytryk.

Wildlife Emergency Services is offering a $1,000 reward to anyone with information on this case.