Originally Posted by
Casper's 2nd best friend
A lot of people are very cruel and heartless, not only to birds and animals but to other humans as well. Often it is just ignorance but some are quite intelligent and seem to do it for a buzz. Kids get bullied at school by other kids which doesn't seem to be learned behaviour and the bullies have to be taught that it is bad.
Margaret on the other hand is an incredibly compassionate person who fortunately doesn't 'get' the idea of having pets for amusement. Otherwise we would be overrun with random wildlife.