Pigeon nursed back to health by California inmates

SAN DIEGO (AP) - An injured pigeon is walking again thanks to inmates at the Donovan Correctional Facility near San Diego.

KFMB-TV reports the inmates said in a letter that they found Donovan the pigeon badly injured when it was four months old.

The bird was bloody, could not fly and its right leg was broken.

The inmates say they cleaned the bird up and nursed it back to health.

They even made Donovan a little splint to try and straighten its leg out.

Fearing that Donovan might get hurt in the prison yard, the bird was sent to Project Wildlife to complete its recovery.

One of Donovan’s wings is still recovering.

He will be up for adoption Friday at the Humane Society.

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Information from: KFMB-TV, http://www.kfmb.com/