That sounds like a really good idea. I hope they do consider adding this feature. I think it would really help.
I agree, great idea! We want to release a few bugs and know the risk, but it does make you wonder if you should. The first bug we ever found was a cute bear from Canada that had been missing for 4 years. A parent released it with her child to watch it travel and then it got stuck. We have recently "unstuck" it and hope it keeps on a-travelin'! In the meantime, though, the person who released it gave up on it and hasn't been on this site forever. I hope she comes back to see her bug a-movin'!
I have him now. I messaged the owners, too. It is sad to think they may have given up on geocaching all together...possibly over him missing.
I get attached to the ones I find, so I just put them on my watchlist. It is like an adventure for me, too! I had a hard time with the first TB I found... He was the "Traveling Stitch." I tried so hard to find him a safe cache. I passed over sooo many caches that were waterlogged or in unsafe places, then just ended up revisiting a cache I thought was safe. I then received a heads up about 2 TBs that disappeared in that one, so I rushed back to save him. Then I found another place for him. Since then, there is a log of him being picked up, but no word since! I'm hoping that person is just taking him on a long trip (really long) and not keeping him. I would feel so terrible!!!
However, I have learned to research the cache I intend to place TB/GC's in before letting them go.....even if that means revisiting them.
How was buckaroo found?