The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-11-21
SYMPATHY IN ANIMALS.
Conduct OF Birds and Beasts Toward Their
Fellows In Distress.

Conduc of Birds and Beasts Toward Their
Fellows In Distress.
An Adirondack boy of 10 set out
one day to hunt four young crows
that he heard down on the fats of
the West Canada creek, near North
wood. 1t happened that the boy got
sbunch shot at the young birds, and
swo fell dead, while a third clutched
at the branch on which it was stand
ing, pitched forward, and was soon
hanging head downward crying pitt.
fully. The fourth young crow few
away. The wounded crows cries at
tracted not only its parents, but five
other full grown crows. All sever
circulated about encouraging the
wounded bird as best they could.
One of them ventured in too close,
and another shot killed it. The
yourg bird soon fell h~uttering to the
ground, when the boy killed it.
Sympathy had brought one bird
to its death. But the crows We're not
the only sympathizers with the
wounded young crow. A flock of
blue jays from over in Parks balsam
swamp came Gre the creek and
hoped about in the high branches
Of the birch trees, protesting in blue
jay talk against the killing of the
crows The little birds-the wood
peckers and the warblers, the spar
rows and the sapsuckers-peeped
louder and more frequntly than be-
fore, showing agitation over the
young crows cries.
Once a young woodsman who
wanted venison mere than he feared
the game constable went deer crust
ing in a yard away back in the woods,
where the snow was five feet deep.
He found the deer, a fair sized buck,
whose horns had been dropped some
time previously, and he and his com
panions, with the dog leading, start
ed on the jump after the animal.
The deg got there first and grabbed
the deer by the hams. The deer cried
out and did its best to get away.
When at last n of the men got a
knife into its throat, tie wocdsman
observed that as many as Is or 20
blue jays had gathered about in the
trees overhead and were protesting
in loud, angry voices at the killing
of their woods brother.
The Sun told recently about a
wildcat that visited her sweetheart
that had teen trapped Ly a cracker
down in the Oketenokee swamp in
Georgia, and there is scarcely a trap
per of fur but could tell of some
story o. other of how a beast in a
trap had been visited by n of its
species. The male fox sometimes
kills the vixen when she is SO unfor.
tunate as to get into Il trap, and some
woodsmen believe that it is a heroic
method of trying to release her.
The question has Teen asked why
it Vas that when COW beloved cut
in distress all the others of the herd
promptly rushed at her and gored
her to death. 1t has often been de-
scribed how wolves set upon injured
companions and tear them to pieces.
Dogs have been known to do the
same thing, while other dogs have
been observed to u up to an ill.,
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