Rescuers say the brightly colored bird cannot survive in the wild because it can't find food, fly well or escape predators.
A rescue group believes a pink pigeon discovered in Manhattan was deliberately dyed and released.
A good Samaritan saw the bird on Monday in Madison Square park after noticing the bright-colored bird walking around. The king pigeon, which is a domestic bird, was brought to the Wild Bird Fund, a nonprofit wildlife rehabilitation and education center on the Upper West Side.The group says the bird cannot survive in the wild because it can't find food, fly well or escape predators.Officials with Wild Bird Fund believe the pigeon was deliberately dyed -- either for a gender reveal or an experiment."PSA: Please never release domestic birds to the wild.
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