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Firefighters rescue pigeon trapped beneath a building parapet in Malappuram

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.

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M. Abdul GafoorStation officer
Even a small life deserves help when it is in danger.
via The Hindu

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