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Patchy the python now
lives happily with Maya!

Animal Teachers

At the Alveus Sanctuary in Texas, One animal “teacher” is Patchy, a
Maya Higa cares for many animals. ball python snake. Patchy was born

You may know some of them from with a missing eye and could not be
farms: chickens, donkeys, and sold, so Maya rescued him. Now,

horses. Others are wild, like crows, visitors can learn about a snake
parrots, and snakes. These animals from Africa up close. They learn

cannot be set free. Instead, they about snakes who are brought to
help teach visitors about wildlife. our country in harmful ways. Patchy

now lives safely with Maya.
opposite page, from top: jess thedinga/redrover; redrover, (raja app images) bryan huff.

HUMANE HERO

this page: redrover; riddle rat: digital zoo/photodisc/getty images.

Jayden saw people who needed
help. Their homes were hit by a
hurricane — a big storm! Jayden

started a group. The group gives
food, supplies, and toys to people
and animals in need.

WHAT DO YOU CALL A PIG WHO LIVES UNDERGROUND? Mar/Apr 2022 | 3
RIDDLE RAT! (answer on p. 7)