Trooper Ryan Griffith News Today

An Oklahoma state trooper came to the rescue of a wounded pelican on Thursday, removing a fishing hook that was lodged in the bird’s webbed foot.

A trooper helped rescue a pelican that had a fishing hook through its foot at a lake in northeastern Oklahoma.

A trooper helped rescue a pelican that had a fishing hook through its foot at a lake in northeastern Oklahoma.

A trooper helped rescue a pelican that had a fishing hook through its foot at a lake in northeastern Oklahoma.

A trooper helped rescue a pelican that had a fishing hook through its foot at a lake in northeastern Oklahoma.

A trooper helped rescue a pelican that had a fishing hook through its foot at a lake in northeastern Oklahoma.

A trooper helped rescue a pelican that had a fishing hook through its foot at a lake in northeastern Oklahoma.

A trooper helped rescue a pelican that had a fishing hook through its foot at a lake in northeastern Oklahoma.

A trooper helped rescue a pelican that had a fishing hook through its foot at a lake in northeastern Oklahoma.