PORTAGE, Mich. — Firefighters in Portage helped a seagull in distress after they say a fishhook joined its head to its wing.
The Portage Department of Public Safety tells us a civilian filed the report to Station 12-3 after spotting the bird struggling in the middle of the road.
With some help from Station 12-1, firefighters say they succeeded in detaching the fishhook from the seagull.

Portage Department of Public Safety
We’re told the seagull is expected to be okay and was released back into the wild.

Portage Department of Public Safety