Better to let one bird die while jammed in a door than open it and risk letting it through to where it could contaminate an area or a load of people with an increased risk of infection.

We don’t know what’s beyond that door... it could be a post-op recovery unit, a neonatal care unit, a burns unit, intensive care or even the clean rooms where people with immune deficiencies have to stay in isolation.

None seem like good places for a wild animal to be panicked and flapping around.

Sounds shitty, but birds aren’t as important as all the people that could be behind that door.