Chord, let Peter retract, you don't have to.

A couple from Somerset, who we love dearly, have recently gone through the exact same mangle. Thomas arrived on their doorstep as a day old chick, and was seemingly forgotten by the authorities, and when the dysfunctional teenage biological (and that's a compliment) parents started bleating about 'rights', the poor scrap was torn from them.

The bad news for the rest of us is that they will never open themselves to such hurt again. The good news is that the hurt has been salved by the passage of time, and they now see their guardianship as part of the wider circle of life.

Sure, they are damaged too, but they wouldn't have not had the little fella in their lives. Like Morty says, thank heavens for people like you.

Skipjack