Don't release me. I can't survive without human kindness.
Anastasia stayed on a woman's porch for hours, friendly but terrified, until she picked her up and brought her to us for safety.
Anastasia is a snow-white Rock Dove, a species of bird tragically released at some weddings and ceremonial events.
But these doves are domesticated and cannot survive without human kindness, so the vast majority are killed by predators or starvation.
Anastasia has a home -- she is being adopted by a veterinarian today -- but we think it's important to tell her story to hopefully save other innocent lives from this cruelty.