One of the kids told my friend what happened. When we knocked on the door and went to talk to the adults they acted like they didn't know what we were talking about.
The parting shot of "Even if my sister did have your bird, you lost it. Doesn't sound to me like you took very good care of it in the first place."
The bird is supposedly in Virginia Beach, I only have the word of a child, and the spca that took Jourdan is in MD in my county, not the county where my friends live. The people don't have the bird in their posession, they didn't admit they knew where the bird was.
As far as the law goes, no proof, pictures, etc of them with it, no help.
Plenty of people saw Jourdan going to the vet and heard him. We never tried to hide his presence. We thought we legally owned him.
What everyone doesn't realize is the law isn't always fair, or helpful when you need it.