19/02/2024
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Very nasty string injury..
Thin plastic thread cut very very deep into this big beautiful pigeons leg.
Rescued by Tessa who did a fantastic job catching and containing him in a shopping basket !
Had someone not seen this bird hurting, and cared enough to go ahead to catch them and find them help,, he would have slowly and very painfully, lost his entire foot AND ankle and part of the lower leg...
This is obviously very painful, puts him at risk for infection, and then if he made it through that and the foot amputates, he gets to still be in pain for the rest of his life walking on a stump, and dealing with the difficulty of walking on legs that are different heights, and for a bird that spends so much time walking around, what an awful life that must be..
So, so, SO glad we could help fix him up !
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