Team Plasma if you're reading this I'm coming for you

Yes, we can use your trainer ID to find and return an accidentally released Pokemon if you contact us before we've relocated it, but if you've just released a whole bunch and only want one or two back, we're going to give you the side-eye. Once we've moved them to their new home, wild or otherwise, they're out of our hands and we're probably not going to waste our time going through all those records to find where one specific Pokemon went four months ago and whether it's been caught or traded since then.

Hi! It's me! The wigglyman!

Like 30% of Oceana's ecosystem consists of species introduced by humans for one reason or another, so the question of Responsible Release is always an interesting one to ask - there's barely a consensus on what "native" even means. I usually default to sending Remote Rehome Pokémon overseas to where the question is less complicated. It takes up a lot more of my day than it really should.

Look, to any trainer who releases their Pokemon in person: I know it feels more "personal," but please please please use the storage system release function; it sends the Pokemon to us so we can evaluate if it's even releasable and send it to the right place so it won't destroy the local ecosystem, and to rehome Pokemon that can't be safely released to the proper trainers or facilities.