A Florida man faces a charge of animal cruelty after police said he used a PVC pipe to hit a seagull in Clearwater.

Kenneth Terry Craddock, 30, who's listed as transient in Pinellas County Sheriff's Office records, allegedly swung a nearly 5-foot-long piece of pipe to strike and hurt the gull on Tuesday.

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Clearwater police said the injured bird is at an area sanctuary.

Craddock remains in jail on $150 bail as of Saturday morning.