Vancouver's most famous bird, Canuck the Crow, is still missing.
Shawn Bergman, who is widely known as the crow鈥檚 human best friend, first alerted fans of the bird's alleged disappearance in an emotional post to the Facebook page during the weekend.
Bergman told Canuck鈥檚 126, 350 followers that the bird had not been seen in the East 麻豆传媒映画area he frequents since Friday, Aug. 30.
Canuck with his human best friend Shawn Bergman. Photo: Canuck and I Facebook
鈥�3 p.m. on Friday was approximately the last time that I saw him and no one has seen him since,鈥� Bergman said in the video.
鈥淚 am extremely worried about him. This is not like him. He hasn鈥檛 gone off on any multiple day adventures for over two years."
Bergman is also concerned that someone may have taken Canuck.
"I鈥檓 having a really, really hard time believing that he鈥檚 just out there being a crow," he said. "He tends to stick to the area, so I鈥檓 pretty worried about him right now."
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Holding back tears, Bergman said, 鈥淚 want my buddy to come home.鈥�
鈥淚f there鈥檚 anybody out there who has taken him, please let him go. This isn鈥檛 about me. It鈥檚 about him and his mate Cassiar," he said.
Bergman said he had checked the rookery and searched the PNE grounds but had so far had no luck.
Earlier this year, Canuck became the first crow to be banded in North America for non-endangered and non-research purposes. Canuck sports a uniquely numbered metal band, supplied by The Federal Bird Banding Office in Ottawa, along with his orange band that makes him visible to his fans.
Canuck is known perhaps equally for being 鈥渢hat crow that stole a knife from a crime scene back in 2016鈥� and 鈥溾��.
His fame has grown substantially over the years, with the help of Bergman who has been documenting Canuck's adventures through Facebook since 2015. The mischievous bird is so popular, he was also voted Vancouver's Unofficial Ambassador last year.
On Tuesday morning, Bergman updated fans on Facebook stating that there had still been no sign of Canuck.
Bergman asked anyone who lived in the neighbourhood to keep an eye out for the bird.
Anyone who sees Canuck is asked to send Bergman a message on Facebook.
鈥淚f anyone out there can please help, I would be greatly appreciative and so would a lot of other people, because we miss him," Bergman said.
"Please help me bring Canuck home safe."
