This is only sort of related to shelters; has more to do with a city's Animal Control services...

This morning I was walking to work downtown and I came across this young couple standing near a pigeon that was obviously injured in some way. The pigeon was shaking and jerking around. It didn't seem to be able to stand on its feet (possibly its legs were broken?). At one point it tried to fly away (probably because it was frightened by us standing there), but it quickly fell back down to the ground again. The young man happened to have a cell phone so he was able to get a hold of Chicago's Animal Control services and told them about the pigeon. He gave them the location of the pigeon and it sounded like Animal Control was going to come right away.

I didn't stay and wait for Animal Control (I'm not sure if the couple did, either), but I was curious about what Animal Control would do with the pigeon once they picked it up. Would it most likely be euthanized? The pigeon seemed to be in pretty bad shape.

Anyone have any experience like this?

--Margaret