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Pokémon GO to the Rescue
The hit game Pokémon GO takes players to real-world sites where they hunt for the virtual creatures of the Pokémon world. Lately, though, players across the country are catching—and saving—real-life animals in need.
In Rochester, New York, a man hunting Pokémon found several ducklings trapped in a storm drain. Players in Houston, Texas, found a cage full of hamsters and baby mice abandoned at a Pokéstop, an in-game place that corresponds to an interesting real-world place. A group playing the game in Safety Harbor, Florida, spotted a manatee tangled in a rope. In each of these cases, the players got the animals the help they needed.
“Pokémon GO just might save a lot more animal lives,” said a Houston resident in a post to a Pokémon GO Facebook group.
Two groups of Pokémon GO players rescued a total of 35 animals. Of those, 4/7 were hamsters, 1/5 were mice, and the rest were ducklings. How many of each type of animal were rescued?