LOS ANGELES (AP) — A pelican found with its pouch slashed in Long Beach has made an “incredibly fast” recovery and can be released, a bird rescue organization said Monday.

Pink, a California brown pelican nicknamed for the color of the leg band it was given in captivity, was found wounded April 16 from an apparent attack. The pelican was handed over to International Bird Rescue for medical treatment that included two surgeries and about 600 stitches, said Dr. Rebecca Duerr, a veterinarian at the organization.

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