World · South & Central Asia · 2 hrs ago
Firefighters rescue pigeon trapped beneath a building parapet in Malappuram
Fire and Rescue Services personnel rescued a pigeon hanging beneath a building parapet in Malappuram, India, on October 12.
Thread had caught the bird’s leg, leaving it suspended below the third floor of a bakery building.
Bakery staff spotted it around 5 p.m.
but could not reach it, so they called the fire station at Munduparamba.
A rescue officer descended by rope and harness to reach the pigeon.
The team cut the thread and freed the trapped bird.
The rescue showed how calling trained responders can help an animal in distress.
Fire and Rescue Services personnel rescued a pigeon trapped beneath a building parapet in Malappuram on October 12, 2026.
The bird’s leg was entangled in a thread, leaving it suspended from the building’s third floor.
Bakery staff spotted the pigeon around 5 p.m. and alerted the Fire station at Munduparamba.
A firefighter used a harness and rope to reach the bird, and the team cut the thread around its leg.
- Who
- Malappuram Fire and Rescue Services personnel rescued the pigeon.
- What
- They freed a pigeon whose leg was entangled in a thread beneath a parapet.
- When
- October 12, 2026. Bakery staff spotted it around 5 p.m.
- Where
- Beneath the parapet of a bakery building near the Passport Seva Kendra in Malappuram.
- Why
- The pigeon was trapped and suspended in the air, and the bakery staff could not reach it.
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Bakery staff spotted the pigeon trapped beneath the building parapet.
The staff alerted the Fire station at Munduparamba.
Fire and Rescue Services personnel reached the pigeon with a harness and rope and freed it by cutting the thread around its leg.
- Location
- Malappuram, near the Passport Seva Kendra
- Date
- October 12, 2026
- Discovery time
- Around 5 p.m.
- Rescue method
- A harness and rope; personnel cut the thread around the pigeon’s leg
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Even a small life deserves help when it is in danger.




