Very fair thoughts. For animals in the wild I heartily agree.
Does the same apply to, for example, the captive raised Barn Owls from the article for the staged window shoot, or the Hedwig “actors?” While still technically wild, they are not from the wild and are used to human handling. For the Barn Owls in the article, is it being a staged shot for a documentary the issue and Harry Potter is obviously fiction so the staged owl stuff is ok?
(For you and anyone else I talk to in this thread, I’m not challenging your opinions, just trying to get deeper into conversation. I know we’re all probably accustomed to responses to moral issues being attacks on our opinions, but I hope you all see this group as a place safe from that type of thing!)