This may be the most wholesome story we’ve ever had the pleasure of reading in our lives. One roaringly drunk Utah man and his group of friends saved an injured baby bird by shouting him an Uber to a wildlife sanctuary.
Tim Crowley was kicking on, day drinking with his friends when he witnessed a little bird fall from the sky. When he found the tiny goldfinch he sent a photo to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah, where he was told to bring the bird in immediately.
Of course, the protagonist of this story is a kind and responsible hero who would not dare get behind the wheel of a car in an inebriated state. No, Mr Crowley did the only thing that he could and ordered the wee bird an Uber. The first driver that rocked up denied Crowley’s request to escort the bird to the sanctuary, but thankfully they found success in their second chariot.
Crowley didn’t accompany the bird to the sanctuary because to do so would be to dog the boys. Instead, he tucked it securely into its temporary home and sent it on its merry way.
Buz Marthaler, chairman of the wildlife sanctuary that treated the bird, said the two-week-old Lesser Goldfinch was alone when the Uber arrived at the sanctuary. “It was just crazy,” he shared.
The wildlife sanctuary took to Facebook to share their bemusement over the event.
“What do you do when you find a sick, injured or orphaned wild animal, but you’ve “had a few too many?,” the post read. “WELL, this rescuer called an UBER driver!”
“NO, seriously, this little orphaned Lesser Goldfinch was the sole occupant of an Uber vehicle for a ride to WRCNU yesterday.”
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We’re thrilled to announce that it’s been a huge month for bird-adjacent events. Earlier this month, an “exotic” bird was rescued from a highway in the UK. However, local vets determined that the bird was not exotic at all, but rather a seagull that had gotten itself mixed up in turmeric. If that doesn’t satiate your appetite for avian-related updates, check out this footage that has emerged of a cockatoo in South Africa that has trained itself to bark like a guard dog.
In darker news, last week in the Adelaide suburb of One Tree Hill, over fifty native corellas plummetted from the sky, bleeding from their eyes. It is suspected that the birds were exposed to poison.
