Calamity Jane

About Calamity Jane

Breed

Pigeon

Sex

Female

Age

Adult

Size

Small

Location

Chicago, IL

From Great Lakes Pigeon Rescue

The original Calamity Jane — Martha Jane Cannary, frontierswoman, scout, sharpshooter, and one of the more ungovernable personalities the American West ever produced — was known above all else for surviving things that should have finished her. Harsh country, harsh circumstances, a life that didn’t offer much in the way of cushioning. She came through anyway, repeatedly, and on her own terms. / This pigeon who arrived at GLPR recently has a similar relationship with adversity. She came in via a route that suits her name: found by a kind stranger, dropped at a dog rescue — a dog rescue — who had the good sense to call GLPR. She arrived exhausted in the specific way of a bird who has been fighting to stay alive for too long on too little. Lethargic. Depleted. Her left foot curled under her, tangled in string, several toes already lost to the damage. She had been out there struggling on the street, and it had cost her, and she was running out of reserves. But she perked up in a day or two. Of course she did! This is Calamity Jane! / The string was removed. The foot was assessed. And the bird underneath all that hardship turned out to be bright, energetic, and — now that…

In the rescue's own words, as they published it.

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