This the story read plz and that’s the question I need to answer help plz:((( : Humans have been using electricity to power lights for more than 100 years. And today there is more bright light—from buildings, cars, street lamps, and billboards—than ever. This light travels in all directions, reflecting off particles in the atmosphere and brightening unintended areas. Big cities produce so much light that the stars can be nearly impossible to see. This excessive use of artificial light is what’s known as light pollution. The coast near the Witless Bay puffin colony is dotted with several small towns. On cloudy or foggy nights when the moon and stars are obscured, the light pollution from these towns disorients pufflings.

“It’s their first time outside of the burrow,” explains Wilhelm, “so they easily get confused.”

Some birds fly into the towns and get stranded—on roads, in parking lots, in people’s backyards—where they are in danger of being killed by cars or cats.

This is when the Puffin Patrol comes to the rescue. Throughout August, Puffin Patrol volunteers scour the towns for lost pufflings. After capturing the birds, they bring them to scientists, who evaluate the birds’ health. Eventually, the pufflings are released at sea. Since 2010, the Puffin Patrol has rescued more than 4,000 birds.