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Meet
Little Crow
Last June, a young crow was found in a puddle in
front of a house in Montana. She was shaking and
moving slowly. The home owners found Dave Pauli,
a wildlife program manager for the Humane Society of
the United States.
When Pauli captured the bird, she made a distress call
to let her parents know she needed help. “Normally
crow parents are there in 60 to 90 seconds,” says Pauli.
But no one came. Pauli warmed and dried the bird with COVER: BARBAR1/BIGSTOCKPHOTO.COM. THIS PAGE: TOP & BOTTOM, MAGGIE PAULI; MIDDLE: DAVE PAULI.
towels. He fed her mealworms and cat food. Later, he
went back and held her up. “She cawed and cawed
more distress calls,” says Pauli. After two minutes, he
heard a longer, deeper caw from far away. Two adult
birds flew over, and Pauli set the little crow on the
ground. The crow's parents had come to get her!
KIND QUESTIONS
Now that you have read Kind News, challenge
yourself with these questions:
1. After reading “Making Friends with Pets” 2. After reading “To the Rescue: Meet Little
and “Happy Cat?,” what is one new thing you Crow,” what did Dave Pauli do to find the
learned about cats? If you knew these facts, crow's parents? How do you think he felt when
what is another cat fact you know? What are he found them? How do you think the young
some reasons why a cat who does not know crow felt?
you may not trust you right away?
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