{"id":409216,"date":"2026-07-23T08:30:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/409216\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T08:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:30:22","slug":"oakland-firefighters-honored-for-saving-pigeon-that-suffered-smoke-inhalation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/409216\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland firefighters honored for saving pigeon that suffered smoke inhalation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(KRON) \u2014 The Oakland Fire Department is being recognized for saving a pigeon that was suffering from smoke inhalation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The group PETA, or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, is awarding the department with a Compassionate Fire Department Award. PETA uses the award to recognize firefighters who demonstrate exceptional kindness and compassion in rescuing or helping animals in distress<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Viral video shows the July 12 rescue. According to reports, the bird approached firefighters, appearing to seek help after suffering from smoke inhalation caused by a car fire. The first responders gave the bird oxygen through a mask before the bird safely flew away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This brainy bird knew exactly where to turn for help, and Oakland&#8217;s firefighters didn&#8217;t hesitate to provide lifesaving assistance,&#8221; PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk said in a release. &#8220;PETA urges everyone to follow the Oakland Fire Department&#8217;s kind example and never turn away from an animal in distress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">PETA says it will send the Oakland Fire Department a framed certificate, along with vegan chocolates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KRON4.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KRON4.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(KRON) \u2014 The Oakland Fire Department is being recognized for saving a pigeon that was suffering from smoke&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[4853,143,27296,145,144,157691,85771,61003],"class_list":["post-409216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-firefighters","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-fire-department","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-people-for-the-ethical-treatment-of-animals","tag-peta","tag-smoke-inhalation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}