I found a hurt canary someone left to die.

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Good day mylotters! Yesterday afternoon, as I was outside at balcony checking our garden down below, I saw something bright yellow sitting on the soil. It was obviously a canary, but thing is was it alive or dead? We live in a rural area, where such birds only exist in cages. Canaries are common pets here. I went to check it closely, it was moving but it was terrified. I caught it without difficulty and brought it at home. It didn't take me long to realize that the bird did not have one foot. The leg was there, but where its nails should begin, it had none. The other leg was OK, though its nails were huge. By the time I noticed the bird is hurt, I knew I could not let it outside. Because, things are simple. If it is left outside, cats will eat it. This is not a jungle where it can fly away, find a pair and reproduce. So, even though I was very sad to imprison it again, I decided to buy a cage and keep it. What would you do if you were in my shoes? Would you leave it outside, thinking it is free, without caring if it even lasted one day? It was obvious the canary could not fly well, because it hasn't flown ever in his whole life. His wings are a bit hurt too, I guess form his attempts to stay stable with only one foot touching the ground. Isn't it weird why the bird was set free? It is obvious such bird cannot live here outside cage. Who would leave it outside to die with one foot only? Who is that pet owner who decided to set it free? Anyway, I would like to hear other people opinions on this. What would YOU do?