Summarized from The Washington Post “Rare #whitecrow rescued after ‘dive bombed’ by other #crows in Virginia” by Cathy Free, July 18, 2024
Crows are social and need their family for protection from predators. A white crow being on its alone would have little chance of surviving in the wild.
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White crows can develop vision problems making it difficult to find food and starve to death. Hope’s feathers aren’t pure white. A vet diagnosed her as amelanistic. She has no melanin to produce black feathers.
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Hope already imprinted on humans by the time she made it to a rehab. She can’t be released now.
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