Yes I agree there is too much over reach and the response is over agressive, they should be held accountable as well. The truth is though, there are no government resources given to fund rehabbers and what little help from trained and qualified wildlife experts gets quickly overwhelmed. From working in the rehabber's world, I can say honestly that people do weird and stupid shit to defenless animals. The answer seems to lie, like most things with government over reach is the need for citizens to get involved in government instead of letting bureaucracy take over. This is clearly a case of over reach and we need to establish some means of taking back our say in how government is allowed to respond. Believe me, there are times when they are needed to respond, as there are many things I can't unsee with regard to the treatment of animals. Even rehabbers in this social structure become groomed to have an over reach mentality. My difficulty in seeing the conspiracy of this is that this is a wide ranging social problem in most all systems and not at all hidden.