I have received many emails from people who keep pet crows, and who derive great enjoyment from being around such wonderful birds. Lovers of crows find the killing abhorrent, and lovers of crows would like more opportunities to learn from and to be with crows. The level of risk for keeping a native crow as a pet depends on which part of the country you live in. Some game wardens could care less about people keeping crows, because they realize that it is legal to shoot them. In spite of the legal situation, people do keep crows.
People do help crows.
People have what amounts to a forbidden friendship with crows. For over five years I have sought to legalize crows as pets. I started in 1995 by writing the article which can be shown by clicking here. My latest efforts are taking place with the help of the crows mailing list. Click here to join.