A video by a Reddit user at the MBTA’s JFK/UMass Red Line stop pans up and zooms in on the rafters. Multiple dead pigeon carcasses, many of which are hanging upside down with their heads sticking out, hang through the slats.

A commuter first raised the issue when she captured a video of a baby pigeon trapped in the rafters, squeaking for food.

Through word-of-mouth and the power of social media, the leaders behind the group Safe Hands Wildlife Rescue Network — which coordinates rehabilitation and adoption for pigeons in the area — swooped in.

Members dispatched to the station and coordinated with MBTA personnel in an attempt to help free the bird. But after days of delay, it was too late. The baby pigeon died.

“It might only be a pigeon, but that was disgusting,” says Stacie Delzin

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