A little Queens girl who loves animals wanted to celebrate her fifth birthday in a unique way -- by picking up trash littering her neighborhood so the critters that take to the streets wouldn't eat it and get sick.
So Emma Mudrick's parents threw her a "Trash Pickup" party with her friends over the weekend, according to DNAinfo. It wasn't just about picking up garbage -- her parents had party-goers design their own aprons, put on work gloves and use toy claws to pick up the trash, according to the website.
DNAinfo says they cleared trash for nearly a mile in Astoria, then celebrated with lunch at a restaurant nearby.
And the Sanitation Department threw in pins and coloring books for the guests to take home.
"It was even funner than I thought," Mudrick told DNAinfo.
She decided on the party idea after strolling through her neighborhood a few months back.
"When I was going to my friend's house in the summer, I saw a lot of trash on the ground," the eco-conscious child told DNAinfo.
Mudrick, who wants to be a zookeeper when she grows up, told the website she was worried because "animals eat it and they might die."
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Her parents said they were very proud, and that they wouldn't be surprised if some other children opted to have a "trash party" because of Mudrick's example.
