Page 8 - Kind News, Jr. May/June 2025

TO THE RESCUE

At a park, visitors saw a brown duck who could not
hold his head up. They called Lollypop Farm in New

York. Workers took him back to the farm. They set up
a small pool for "Quackers" with vegetables to eat.

They gave him a bath. That’s when they saw that
Quackers was a Pekin duck, a white duck kept on

farms. “He had been covered in dirt!” says farm
manager Mary Miller. He was most likely left in the

park, and could not find food.

After a week at Lollypop Farm, Quackers could hold COVER: DEMIBOMBE/SHUTTERSTOCK. THIS PAGE: LOLLYPOP FARM.

his head again, says Miller. “He liked to follow people
around and quack.” He made friends with three other

ducks. They found a home together!

Want to bring the Healthy: Corn, peas, chopped broccoli,
Watch Quackers with ducks at your park chopped tomatoes, chopped apples, grapes
his new friends at something good
KindNews.org/kids! to eat? Try these Not Healthy: Oranges, grapefruit,
healthy foods! bread, crackers

Now that you've read Kind News, challenge yourself with these questions:
1. Read “Super Spaces” on pages 4 and 5. How 2. Read “Pet Corner: A Cool Summer” on p.2.
do you know that the rabbits were not as scared Did you know that dogs left in cars in warm weather
after they moved to their new room? Why do you get hot very fast? What can you do to make sure the
think they felt better in their new space? dogs you know are safe this summer?

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