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A pigeon in Brooklyn was recently rescued by some animal lovers after being "dangled upside down from a piece of string that was caught around her leg and tangled on a tree branch two stories above a busy sidewalk."
When a passerby contacted PETA, the bird was already there for days without food or water. The organization reports back that while local animal control agents were unable to help, "they referred our cruelty caseworker to the local fire department, which dispatched a truck minutes after. Firefighters drove by to survey the situation and returned in a truck with a tall ladder, which they climbed to reach the bird."
The pigeon's wounds were infested with maggots and it was rushed to a vet, who discovered it was suffering from a broken back, and put it out of its misery. PETA asks that everyone help an animal in need... think of how sad rat's story could have turned out.
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Now the pigeon is free to crap and spread diseases...
Not if "put out of its misery" means what I think it means.
Kind of a misleading headline, but what else are you gonna do with a maggot infested bird with a broken back?
Kitty Genovese is rolling over in her grave right now.
I think Felix is tending to it's care as we speak.
I think Felix's heart is in the right place.
I understand that the flying rat needed to be rescued, but I just wonder what the cost of the whole rescue mission was.
thats an uplifting story, said the nearby homeless guy with no winter coat and festering wounds.
How much $$$$$$ did this all cost? Too much. Thats what. For a pigeon? c'mon.
To you not even a cent!
People do this things not thinking in how much will to them!
There is more in life than dollars and cents and those that know it will def. stay away from you!
'the bird was already there for days without food or water.'
is the word 'rush' in the headline being used sarcastically?
thats a real feel good moment, said the guy trapped in the fire down the street.
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