thehollowtrout

There was a recent post on reddit. A girl thought her friend was neglecting a pet bird so she stole it and took it home while the friend was in the other room. When the friend asked for the bird back, she said no, it was going to die, my bird now, the bird is happier now. The friend then said they might call police

How many laws were broken?

I agree. Only reason I'm asking is because I had several people yell at me and say, "THE BIRD WAS DYING" and that you can remove animals like that, that so many random redditors work with rescue animals and no judge would ever make someone return the bird. I said no way, maybe remove it from immediate danger but you've gotta go to the vet or police with it, you can't just say it's yours now. The person had even kept the bird for several days, no vet, said it was now happier - all evidence it was even unhappy was reasonably gone. But... Eh. Yeah you can't just take things from people. Authorities can but not normal people

What do you think the possible solutions chould be - without the USA walking all over or threatening Mexico?