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Leftcoast to have a Pigeon Planned Parenthood . . . August 3, 2007

Posted by treveskyn in taxpayer till death, when animals . . ..
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Public Enemy #1?

“The poop problem has become

unmanageable and this could be the answer.”

-Laura Dodson, president of the Argyle Civic Association.

Sorry everybody I just couldn’t help quoting a “president” as starting off with something she refers to as a “poop problem” more on this later . . .

According to the AP those in Hollywood land are going to spike your feed, that is if your a pigeon. OvoControl P will be used to hinder egg development in SoCal fowl, this after the group “People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals” suggested the idea to concerned citizens.

”Community leaders planned to announce the OvoControl P pilot program, which Dodson believes is the first of its kind in the nation . . . it was preferred over electric shock gates, spiked rooftops, poisons or other methods.”

First of its kind in the nation, how much exactly is this costing local govt? Leave it to hollywood to try to find a happy ending to these “problem” birds, even if it costs the local joe and jane a steep tax bill. More on that when somebody out there returns my call . What struck me as even more odd about this story is that electric gates, spiked areas etc. are not all that uncommon to “control” humans, yet in SoCal these methods are too extreme for pigeons, point being that it is very interesting that some love animals more then they might their fellow man? Point to ponder.

“Their population boom is blamed in part on people feeding the birds, including a woman known as the Bird Lady, who was responsible for dumping 25-pound bags of seed in 29 spots around Hollywood.”

Ok maybe this is just me but how many laws has this woman broken? The press won’t name her? I’d be much more interested on the backstory of her for weird news and oddball stuff. You have to think she has violated littering laws, public nuisance, heck even a few traffic laws if these pigeons are that dense that SoCal is getting scientific on them. Will try my best to find out if officals have cited her on any of these.

“The pilot program was expected to show results within a year, and the Hollywood area’s pigeon population is expected to shrink by at least half by 2012″

I had to actually read this sentence over again, 50% reduction after 5 years . . . so really in the next few years there will be no noticable difference in the “poop problem” as the prez calls it.