Dana Berry set out for Lake Merritt in Oakland, thinking it would be just another normal day with the Trash Falcons cleanup crew. But that simple plan flipped in an instant.
While moving through the usual piles of debris, Dana went to shift a large cardboard box sitting inside a discarded bin. That’s when he heard a tiny sound that didn’t fit the moment at all.
It wasn’t a bark. It wasn’t a meow. It was this odd, squeaky little growl that made him stop mid-move.…