Critter Classifieds: Find a feathered or

Luvin Arms Animal Sanctuary

3470 County Road 7, Erie, luvinarms.org

Critter Classifi eds is a column where you can meet furry, feathered and four-legged friends who need your love and support. Boulder Weekly is currently working with two animal welfare agencies — Longmont Humane Society and Luvin Arms Animal Sanctuary — to feature critters who need your support. We hope to bring other organizations on board in the future.

Erie-based Luvin Arms is a nonprofi t animal sanctuary for abused or neglected farm animals. Rescued resident animals include cows, pigs, turkeys, chickens, horses, goats, donkeys, sheep and ducks. Luvin Arms provides lifelong social, emotional and cognitive care to rescued animals. Visit luvinarms.org to learn more about how you can provide support through donations, sponsorship, volunteering and more.

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Maggie the rescue duck: small but mighty

In her previous life, Maggie was bullied by other ducks. As with some circles of friends, Maggie was the one on the outside. When she came to live at Luvin Arms, she got a fresh start with new Arms, she got a fresh start with new friends, including her best friend, Luna the duck. The two live happily Luna the duck. The two live happily together, swimming in their baby pool together, swimming in their baby pool from sun up to sun down.

Madeline, one of her caregivers at Luvin Arms, describes Maggie’s love of water: “Every morning when we love of water: “Every morning when we open, we have to bring buckets of water to fi ll Maggie and Luna’s pool. But we can never be fast enough for little Maggie! As soon as we open their door, she goes right to the empty pool and sometimes even goes in it with no water, telling us to be faster.”

Ducks have regional accents based on where they live. Like all animals, ducks quickly adapt to their surroundings, even picking up sounds from humans living in the area.

Anyone who has visited the sanctuary recently knows Maggie’s distinctive call. Some recently knows Maggie’s distinctive call. Some might say it sounds like a witch’s cackle. Or

ON THE

FARM: Maggie is Luvin Arms Animal Sanctuary’s Resident of the Month for January.

even the quack of Batman’s arch nemeeven the quack of Batman’s arch nemesis, the Penguin. New visitors follow the sis, the Penguin. New visitors follow the big sound Maggie makes and are quite big sound Maggie makes and are quite surprised to fi nd the diminutive duck. surprised to fi nd the diminutive duck. Another caregiver, Kara, describes Another caregiver, Kara, describes

Maggie’s personality as spicy. “WhenMaggie’s personality as spicy. “Whenever we walk by, she sounds like she’s ever we walk by, she sounds like she’s laughing at us! It always makes me laughing at us! It always makes me laugh. She also likes to charge us laugh. She also likes to charge us when we are walking away. She acts when we are walking away. She acts super tough, but as soon as you try super tough, but as soon as you try to grab her or turn around towards her, she runs away.” Recently, Maggie and her Recently, Maggie and her BFF moved to a new home at the BFF moved to a new home at the sanctuary. sanctuary. To prevent cabin fever this winter, Luvin Arms would like to create a mentally stimulating living space in Maggie’s new home, includMaggie’s new home, including potted plants, hay balls, ing potted plants, hay balls, sand piles, perches, climbing sand piles, perches, climbing structures, swings and perhaps structures, swings and perhaps even a water feature. even a water feature. With cold winter days upon With cold winter days upon us, please consider sponsoring us, please consider sponsoring Maggie this month and help Luvin Maggie this month and help Luvin Arms create a stimulating new Arms create a stimulating new home outfi tted just for Maggie and home outfi tted just for Maggie and her forever friend, Luna. her forever friend, Luna.