Several organizations planned weekend protests, volunteers pledged to rescue injured birds, and a Web site has called for boycotts of businesses promoting the contest.

In the story a tradition of rescuing young birds, pufflings, by local children is told.

The story introduces a local children tradition of rescuing young birds, pufflings, who take their first flight on August nights, and get accidentally stranded in the village streets.

We were always rescuing birds too - from the school cat.

Smits also rescues tropical birds from the illegal pet trade.

The story introduces a local children tradition of rescuing young birds, pufflings.

They rescue and rehabilitate injured and abandoned animals and birds.

Instead of evil pigs that have stolen eggs, players must now rescue caged exotic birds or defeat evil marmosets, depending on the level being played.

"If it's real, I'd say it was assisted into the city by some person," said Stephanie Easter, director of dispatch for the city's Center for Animal Care and Control, which rescues injured animals and birds.

It's basically an air rat, you know, but when you rescue birds they generally die, so I was very proud of him.