-livestock that are free-roaming and aren’t bound by fencing or pens
Non-wild
-pathogenic diseases affecting livestock or pets
Wild
-cats or birds (pigeons, chickens, etc) that can go anywhere but come back to a garden or house at night
If they are cared for by humans who consider them pets/rescues/etc. and intentionally adopted them to care for them, non-wild.
If they are just wild animals approaching humans on their own, wild.
If this is uncertain, I am willing to err on the side of wild. Feral cats and dogs, for example, I would consider wild, as not only are they interacting with the environment on their own terms but they are also surviving on their own terms.
-algae/snails/worms/etc in a home aquarium that were not introduced to it on purpose
Wild. Location data may be funky so I would mark it as something like “unknown provenance” or something. But, frankly, this is one way some species have actually spread, including ecologically-significant invasives. So this is important.
-a pathogenic fungus or virus affecting supermarket produce (not local)
Wild, same reason as above.
-plant parasites or galls on plants being sold at a nursery or garden store
Wild, same reason as above.
-pest insect in a bag of pre-washed frozen vegetables
Wild, same reason as above.
-garden plant spreading vegetatively beyond cultivation through runners or rhizomes (but importantly, not by seed)
I’d argue it’s growing on its own at this point and can be considered wild.
-honeybees in an orchard that come from managed hives
If this is known, I’d say non-wild.
In practice this may be difficult to determine, and I’d err on the side of wild if this is not known.
-finding an animal in a vehicle/storage container/etc (e.g. driving to California from Pennsylvania and finding a living spotted lanternfly in your car)
Wild, for the reason repeated above. Please include a note including possible source. Please also re-pin the location to the likely source if at all possible. If not possible, and the animal is somehow still alive after a while, then use its current location.
-captive-release animals that constantly stay in the vicinity of the release site
If they are no longer being taken care of, I’d say wild. How long until they are counted as wild, I am not sure.
Overall I tend to err on the side of wild in uncertain cases, based on the understanding that their being left alone means they are free to have whatever effects they may have on the surrounding ecological communities, and this information may be important to science for the purpose of tracking the migration/spread of species.