First, I’m sorry if this post isn’t in the correct forum. I’m somewhat troubled by an observation I saw a few days ago (not linking here, but in it, someone was holding a bird in their bare hand while they were sitting behind the wheel of a car; their post asked “what kind of bird” it was and said t…

It sounds like you’ve made a reasonable effort to reach out and inform them – maybe even if they don’t respond they’ve learned from your comments, as has anyone who views the observation. I always have to remind myself, on the internet, you can’t convince everyone and fix everything: you speak your …

You may want to contact them using the ‘Message’ function. Perhaps they don’t want to discuss it publicly, and don’t know how to use that function. That red envelope is hard to ignore. Just another way to reach them. If you want to contact the iNat admins, there is a ‘Help’ contact link at the botto…

Oh man. You did the right thing and you did your best (agree wholeheartedly with @schizoform ). I have a hard time coping with stuff like this I see online. People pulling plants or digging up orchids and ramps and putting it on here or other sites to be identified. Even though I know it’s small-sca…

Thanks very much, all! The suggestions you each have sent are useful (and it’s especially useful to know about the ‘Help’ link). I did try the Message button, since iirc direct messages often seem to trigger an email where Comments might not, but no luck. At this point, mostly just trying to figure …

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Contacting a non-responsive/new iNaturalist poster that may be keeping a wild animal?

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