Footless Pigeon Found With Spatula Glued To Stump

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- A pigeon was found in San Francisco this week with a spatula glued to the bottom of her leg. The photo of the poor pigeon went viral after Officer Edith from the San Francisco Animal Care and Control agency tweeted a photo of the bird.

"Someone caught a footless pigeon, glued a tiny spatula on to her stump and let her go again," Officer Edith wrote.

It's unclear why anyone would glue a spatula onto the leg of the pigeon, but the bird was sent to rehabilitation, the animal control officer wrote.

The tweet quickly went viral on social media with 245 Likes and 50 Retweets. Many people responded with memes of confused people, others questioned the motive behind the spatula.

"This is both horrifying and hilarious and I don't know how to respond," one person said.

"I'm guessing whoever did that legitimately thought that they were helping," another Twitter user said.

Another person said, "Maybe someone was trying to help, and the other spatula fell off?"

The official Twitter account of the San Francisco Animal Care and Control agency decided to take the incident as a chance to teach the public: "Please folks, limit your spatula prosthetics to consenting humans."

The bird will recover at a Palomacy Pigeon Rescue location in the Bay Area, according Officer Edith.

--Photo courtesy of Officer Edith