I am asking this because today I found an injured bird in my front yard. 
I obviously gave it some care such as water, warm material to comfort it etc.. then I tried to find the appropriate information with what I should do. I called up animal emergency who then put me in contact with local vet who I drove to. They then will already have decided whether to save it or humanely put it down in a painless way.

I believe I did the right thing, as did the animal emergency line and the local vet however there have been people who argued that I should have just 'stomped' on it's head and put it out of it's misery. They think it's quicker and it's a waste of time finding information and travelling.
user
Found a bird in my yard. Called emergency line. They referred me to local vet who then decided whether to save it or put it to sleep. Should I have
assistant
I am asking this because today I found an injured bird in my front yard. 
I obviously gave it some care such as water, warm material to comfort it etc.. then I tried to find the appropriate information with what I should do. I called up animal emergency who then put me in contact with local vet who I drove to. They then will already have decided whether to save it or humanely put it down in a painless way.

I believe I did the right thing, as did the animal emergency line and the local vet however there have been people who argued that I should have just 'stomped' on it's head and put it out of it's misery. They think it's quicker and it's a waste of time finding information and travelling.
user
found injured bird, called animal emergency who put me in contact with local vet who will have already decided whether to save or humanely put down it.
assistant