British Taxpayers To Fund “Pigeon Awareness Days”
As massive of crazed flocks of pigeons assault one town in Britain, the governing elite has sprung into action! Eradicate the winged rats? Oh, no. That won’t do at all, old man. Instead the council for Brighouse, West Yorkshire will use taxpayer money – rather a lot of it – to fund “Pigeon Awareness Days” to discourage residents from feeding the pigeons.
There are several drastic ways to deal with a plague of pigeons – falcons, air rifles and poison to name but three.
The wise folk at Calderdale Council have a better idea. They intend to hold pigeon awareness days.
The events will form a key part of a £10,000 action plan to tackle the nuisance caused by the ever-increasing bird population in Brighouse, West Yorkshire.
More than £1,600 of taxpayers’ money has been earmarked for printing leaflets and hiring a caravan to urge the public not to feed pigeons.
But councillor Paul Rogan said he was not in favour of spending money on exterminating them.
He said: ‘There is only one way of eradicating pigeons and that is for people to stop feeding them. You can spend £50,000 on exterminating them and if their food source is still there they will come back.
The councillor has a point, other than the one on his head, of course. People who feed pigeons are causing part of the problem. However, those folks are not going to be educated by a few leaflets or a caravan. Stopping feeding of the pests will eliminate some of the problem, but will not help with the current overpopulation. Especially since the pigeons have now taken to literally grabbing food out of the hands of people in the town. Food that was not intended for the pigeons.
Look, urban pigeons are feral. They are vermin that need to be controlled. I know that statement will upset a lot of “animal lovers” but it is a fact. West Nile virus can be amplified by these creatures. The CDC is worried about their possible vectoring of Bird Flu. Plus a lot of less exotic things. The “wise” councillors need to look to the protection and welfare of their taxpaying citizens and not worry too awfully much about the pigeons.
Animals, World news | Gaius January 5, 2009
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By David M, January 6, 2009 @ 8:46 am
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By Mockingbird, January 6, 2009 @ 4:44 pm
Next it will be the mockingbirds.
By Quilly Mammoth, January 6, 2009 @ 4:44 pm
I went to university at a big school back east. They did both. They campaigned to end feeding the filthy things and they had an extermination company come in. The company used a powerful poison that literally had the birds falling dead from the sky. It was soon raining dead pigeons all across campus.
The sensitive types on campus went wild. But the campaign to stop feeding the pigeons stayed strong because of the fear of another pigeon pogrom.