Chicken Rescue: Foster care for fowl
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Uploaded by MPRdotOrg on Oct 22, 2009
From Chicago to Houston to South Portland, Maine, the urban chicken movement has taken hold. More and more city folks are raising the birds right in their own backyards. Some love the idea of fresh eggs; others appreciate the back-to-the-land aspect of tending to a flock.
There are animal rights advocates, however, who worry about the long-term welfare of the feathered fowl. As the number of city dwellers with chickens has risen, so has the number of birds being abused and abandoned. And local animal control departments are finding stray chickens everywhere from neighborhood alleys to downtown parking ramps.
In the midst of this all, one Minneapolis woman has taken on the chickens' cause. Mary Britton Clouse is the founder of Chicken Run Rescue, a rehabilitation center and foster home for hens and roosters. The long-time animal advocate has found adoptive families for over 600 needy birds.
Reporter Nikki Tundel met up with Mary Britton Clouse at her Minneapolis home.
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I LOVE YOU WOMAN YOU ARE MY HERO!
ilovemypetsandhorses 1 week ago
what a wonderful woman she is doing a good job
ZHREDERR 1 month ago
I cant.. i mean its one thing to make a shelter for dogs and cats, but Chickens??? Ridiculous
Gabyann1 1 month ago
Is the front pic a black sex-link
trainedchickens 2 months ago
i love chickens i 3 hens i bought one recently from a cage and a rooster and i have one chick and 7 eggs
eastsidefoo1 10 months ago
i have 8 hens and 1 has a cut on its back and was wondering will it get better becouse the other chickens keep pecking at it
TheJamiesjamiesjamie 10 months ago
i love all animals i have 5 chickens 4 roosters and a hen 2 turtles a cat and dog and plan to get more hens
emtree032 11 months ago
awww i love chickens, we have 3 hens and they are just wonderful and spoiled too
wakingup2010 1 year ago
What a wonderful couple they are, looking after chicken that need a home, that haven't ever felt soft green grass under their feet. I'm personally a chicken carer and I love my chickens to death. They are such fascinating creatures!
I'm definitely going to donate!
TheGizzygirlnz 1 year ago
That was so cute when Andrea was getting her feet massaged. She looked to be in heaven. ^ ^
carebearnmbr46 1 year ago