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Fwd: National Pigeon Day - Saturday, June 19
by Elizabeth Young 19 Jun '10

19 Jun '10

Here is information about the substance behind the event. I MEANT to include this with the first National Pigeon Day e-mail so as not to clog up inboxes any more than I already have this morning. Sorry! e National Pigeon Day 2010 Saturday, June 19 10 am to 3 pm Pilgrim Hill, Central Park (you can enter at 5th Ave & 72nd Street) New York, NY Speakers....entertainment....bring a non-animal picnic lunch if you like. Please come out on out on this special day to honor our special birds -- New York City's pigeons...our heroes and friends in a sometimes otherwise hostile environment. Have you noticed the beauty of a pigeon's flight -- strong yet graceful, and oh that perky "pigeon walk", and the cuteness of a pigeon's head bobbing up and down... and those beautiful pigeon colors, hypnotic gaze and melodic cooing. Let's face it, New York City is pigeon obsessed. But not is all well in Pigeonland as *Stuart Chaifetz*, an investigator for *SHARK<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1044378127&msgid=5493716&act=4BOP…> * will tell us. He will speak about legislation that is pending in Pennsylvania that will put an end to people shooting pigeons for sport in that cruel state if pigeon shoots and hunting become outlawed. Pigeon shoots are competitions wherein hundreds to thousands of live birds are shot at to win prizes. A typical 3-day shoot contest can kill and injure up to 15,000 birds. The pigeons are captured and collected for weeks ahead of time, then released from trap boxes only yards away from the so-called "sportsmen". The birds are generally dazed and suffering from dehydration or starvation as they are sprung out of the boxes. Rather than mercifully being given a quick death, 70% of the birds are injured when shot and either left to suffer slow deaths or collected and killed by pigeon shoot "trapper boys" or "wringers", traditionally children, who break their necks, step on them, tear off wings, suffocate them, or cut off their heads with garden shears, among other abuses. Pigeon shoots are nothing more than a vile excuse for entertainment for the dull-witted or psychopathic. Illegal in other countries and in all but a couple of American states, most people realize the despicable nature of these bird-killing contests. *Anne Muller*, president of *Wildlife* *Watch*<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1044378127&msgid=5493716&act=4BOP…>, an organization that operates a national hotline for those who find injured or orphaned wild animals will tell us about calls that Wildlife Watch receives from people who find exhausted "racing" pigeons who simply drop down from the sky and would die but for the help of those who find and rescue them, and those who rehabilitate them. Anne will be talking about government wildlife agencies and what needs to be done to give pigeons protection. Wildlife Watch publishes exposes of the mismanagement of wildlife by government wildlife agencies. The following quote is straight from the current NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) website: *The few unprotected species include porcupine, red squirrel, woodchuck, English sparrow, starling, rock pigeon, and monk parakeet. Unprotected species may be taken at any time without limit. A hunting license is required to hunt unprotected wildlife with a bow or firearm. * However the NYS Environmental Conservation Law deems pigeons “unprotected wildlife”, what does this term of art mean? Does it mean that pigeons are exempt from animal cruelty laws or does it have a very limited application? *Lori Barrett, Esq*, a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, attorney, and member of the New York City Bar Committee on Legal Issues Pertaining to Animals, will explain that there are several laws that indeed do protect pigeons from cruelty in New York State, and she will discuss how animal advocates can use these very laws to protect pigeons, and correct the popular misconception that pigeons are not protected by laws. *Ellen Kalish*, president and founder of *Ravensbeard, *<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1044378127&msgid=5493716&act=4BOP…>a prime wildlife rehabiliation center and sanctuary near Woodstock, NY will talk about pigeons from a wildlife rehabilitator's perspective. She will share her experience caring for exhausted "racing" pigeons, and pigeons who've been afflicted with other injuries or illness. *Peter Muller*, the chair of the *League of Humane **Voters-NY*<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1044378127&msgid=5493716&act=4BOP…> and the chief lobbyist for LOHV in NYS and heads the lobbying action in Washington DC as part of AR2010<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1044378127&msgid=5493716&act=4BOP…>will speak about the importance of political involvement to help pigeons. He will talk about current bills pending in the NYS Legislature that will help pigeons and other unprotected wildlife and will talk about possible new laws to expand on those protections and offer new ones to the noble pigeon. *Steven Bennett* of Cambridge, Ohio, will be discussing the legendary history of the passenger pigeon and why they are now extinct. In a very positive and uplifting light, he will give a presentation that covers the bird’s routines in migration, diet, nesting, territory, habitat, and the amazing size of the flocks. Flocks that came as endless hurricanes. Once numbering in the billions, man’s destruction of the passenger pigeons brought down this army of feathers to a single bird ~ Martha ~ and in 1914, ultimate extinction. Mr. Bennett reveals how even today, we all share a connection with the passenger pigeon. *Scott Massarsky*, composter of the National Pigeon Day Anthem will perform, as well as *Pet Rox Music*. NPD blog: http://www.nationalpigeonday.blogspot.com<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1044378127&msgid=5493716&act=4BOP…> Please crosspost and tell your friends. Coo, coo, coo Anna Dove This message was sent from New York Bird Club to AdoptKings(a)gmail.com. It was sent from: New York Bird Club, P.O. Box 286231, New York, NY 10128. You can modify/update your subscription via the link below. 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Happy National Pigeon Day
by Elizabeth Young 19 Jun '10

19 Jun '10

Happy National Pigeon Day! http://www.nationalpigeonday.blogspot.com -- Elizabeth Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org www.MickaCoo.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0

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Re: [MickaCoo] [Mickaboo Discuss] Shop and Save to Fundraise for MickaCoo!
by C Dickinson 19 Jun '10

19 Jun '10

Hello! The website if www.secretsofeden.com this link will bring you to the store front: http://www.secretsofeden.com/servlet/StoreFront I found the company about two almost three years ago and they sale natural health and beauty products. I love the 4X oil which I use a drop on my tooth brush and it has brought my gums to health and I rarely get sick. I also love the Jamango deodorant, it's all I ever use. I found it because of the nothing but oils, it rocks. Anyway, I got an email about the 20/20 and decided to set it up for MickaCoo. They have fast shipping and guarantee the products. Let me know if you have any trouble with the site. Make sure you put in the promotion code.....adopt Cheryl :) ________________________________ From: Laurie W <simplylauriew(a)gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 9:16 AM To: General mickaboo discussion <discuss(a)mickaboo.org> Subject: Re: [Mickaboo Discuss] Shop and Save to Fundraise for MickaCoo! Anyone else having problems getting to the Secrets of Eden website? Maybe their website is down today...or so sophisticated that my 6-year old computer can't get there. I even tried manually typing in their link, and nothing -- my computer just hangs up, trying to connect. I've tried it 4 times now and had to restart my computer each time because it freezes. I will try from work on Monday. What kind of company is this, Elizabeth? Sigh... Laurie ----- Original Message ----- From:Elizabeth Young To: General mickaboo discussion ; MickaCoo(a)mickaboo.org Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 9:47 PM Subject: [Mickaboo Discuss] Shop and Save to Fundraise for MickaCoo! MickaCoo volunteer, foster and pigeon (and now dove) rescuer Cheryl D. kindly created this Shop, Save & Fundraise opportunity for MickaCoo with one of her favorite online stores- Secrets of Eden! Cheryl says- I am happy to announce MickaCoo is now a part of a special program called 20/20. It's quite simple, Anyone who orders products from www.secretsofeden.comwill get a 20% discount off their order and a 20% match will be donated to MickaCoo. I just ordered $106 worth of products, so I got over $20 off my order and $20 will come to my address in a check made out to MickaBoo Companion Bird Rescue. I will send it in with a note saying "For MickaCoo!" Start spreading the news The Coupon promotion code is: ADOPT! http://www.secretsofeden.com/servlet/StoreFront Yay! Thank you, Cheryl!!!! e -- Elizabeth Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org www.MickaCoo.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0 ________________________________ ------- HOW TO -------------------- CHANGE PERSONAL SETTINGS: https://mickaboo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/discuss/ VIEW LIST ARCHIVE: https://mickaboo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/discuss/ HOW TO RESET YOUR LIST PASSWORD: http://confluence.mickaboo.org/x/2wFj

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Shop and Save to Fundraise for MickaCoo!
by Elizabeth Young 18 Jun '10

18 Jun '10

MickaCoo volunteer, foster and pigeon (and now dove) rescuer Cheryl D. kindly created this Shop, Save & Fundraise opportunity for MickaCoo with one of her favorite online stores- Secrets of Eden<http://www.secretsofeden.com/> ! Cheryl says- *I am happy to announce MickaCoo is now a part of a special program called 20/20. It's quite simple, Anyone who orders products from ** www.secretsofeden.com* <http://www.secretsofeden.com/>* will get a 20% discount off their order and a 20% match will be donated to MickaCoo. I just ordered $106 worth of products, so I got over $20 off my order and $20 will come to my address in a check made out to MickaBoo Companion Bird Rescue. I will send it in with a note saying "For MickaCoo!" Start spreading the news* *The Coupon promotion code is: ADOPT! **http://www.secretsofeden.com/servlet/StoreFront*<http://www.secretsofeden.com/servlet/StoreFront> Yay! Thank you, Cheryl!!!! e -- Elizabeth Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org www.MickaCoo.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0

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CORRECTION: A Steady Rain of Doves = We Need Fosters & Adopters Please!
by Elizabeth Young 18 Jun '10

18 Jun '10

Hello- When I mentioned that doves were small (on line with a cockatiel), Vinny ever so gently pointed out to me that a cockatiel that weighed 135 grams would be considered quite obese (since 80-90 grams is their normal range). Ooops. I actually had no idea what cockatiels weigh and was actually thinking more of their body dimensions so don't know why I even threw grams in there. In any case, doves do weight in the 135 g range (similar to a Senegal parrot I'm told) but do NOT take your cockatiels' weight guidelines from me! Thank you, Vinny! e On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Elizabeth Young <adoptkings(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Hello! > > I'd love to know the astronomical alignment that has produced all the many > doves MickaCoo has been taking in recently! I was told there was a king pij > at a shelter and I had an open foster spot for a pij (!!!) but it was a > DOVE. Cheryl went out to rescue a king pigeon being menaced by a cat in > Pacific and it was a DOVE. We've got doves stacking up like planes over La > Guardia! > > So we need dove fosters and adopters please! > > Doves are easy- they're small (about cockatiel size- 135ish grams) and > are softbills so can be kept in galvinized wire cages or simple, inexpensive > outdoor aviaries. Their noise is a coo and courting males can be loud and > persistent but even so their noise is low and much less sharp or > far-reaching than, for example, my green cheek conure Tookie who's hollering > at me from the other room as I type this. Doves are easy to tame and very > dear, as any one who's had one can tell you. > > Also- thanks to Camille and Katie and Tina G, MickaCoo has a WONDERFUL > outdoor cage to loan that could safely and happily contain up to about 12 > doves! > > So please- think about fostering a pair of doves (or more) and tell others > about them as well. People won't look at you near as funny as when you tell > them about pigeons! ; ] > > I've attached a care sheet and you can read the story of a surrendered dove > here: Pierre The 3am Dove <http://www.rescuereport.org/2010/03/p.html> > > Thanks! If you Tweet and Facebook, post this for us. People LIKE doves. > 8 ] > -- > Elizabeth > > Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. > www.RescueReport.org <http://www.rescuereport.org/> > www.MickaCoo.org <http://www.mickacoo.org/> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0 > -- Elizabeth Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org www.MickaCoo.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0

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A Steady Rain of Doves = We Need Fosters & Adopters Please!
by Elizabeth Young 18 Jun '10

18 Jun '10

Hello! I'd love to know the astronomical alignment that has produced all the many doves MickaCoo has been taking in recently! I was told there was a king pij at a shelter and I had an open foster spot for a pij (!!!) but it was a DOVE. Cheryl went out to rescue a king pigeon being menaced by a cat in Pacific and it was a DOVE. We've got doves stacking up like planes over La Guardia! So we need dove fosters and adopters please! Doves are easy- they're small (about cockatiel size- 135ish grams) and are softbills so can be kept in galvinized wire cages or simple, inexpensive outdoor aviaries. Their noise is a coo and courting males can be loud and persistent but even so their noise is low and much less sharp or far-reaching than, for example, my green cheek conure Tookie who's hollering at me from the other room as I type this. Doves are easy to tame and very dear, as any one who's had one can tell you. Also- thanks to Camille and Katie and Tina G, MickaCoo has a WONDERFUL outdoor cage to loan that could safely and happily contain up to about 12 doves! So please- think about fostering a pair of doves (or more) and tell others about them as well. People won't look at you near as funny as when you tell them about pigeons! ; ] I've attached a care sheet and you can read the story of a surrendered dove here: Pierre The 3am Dove <http://www.rescuereport.org/2010/03/p.html> Thanks! If you Tweet and Facebook, post this for us. People LIKE doves. 8 ] -- Elizabeth Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org www.MickaCoo.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0

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Ringer's been adopted!
by Elizabeth Young 17 Jun '10

17 Jun '10

So here's the MickaCoo story! Cheryl in Cupertion picked up Ringer from the HSSV and fostered her for a couple of days and then delivered her to Zann's foster aviary in Newark where her boy birds performed a gender test for us and now I'm going to pick her up tomorrow (quick before she gets officially hitched) and then Ivette from SF is going to pick her up from me and drive her up to her new HOME with adopter Kimberly in Novato where Ringer will live happily ever after. 8 ] !!! -- Elizabeth Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org <http://www.rescuereport.org/> www.MickaCoo.org <http://www.mickacoo.org/> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0

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Re: [MickaCoo] Ringer's been adopted!
by Mary Camacho 17 Jun '10

17 Jun '10

Yay!!! Sent from my iPhone On Jun 17, 2010, at 8:49 AM, Elizabeth Young <adoptkings(a)gmail.com> wrote: So here's the MickaCoo story! Cheryl in Cupertion picked up Ringer from the HSSV and fostered her for a couple of days and then delivered her to Zann's foster aviary in Newark where her boy birds performed a gender test for us and now I'm going to pick her up tomorrow (quick before she gets officially hitched) and then Ivette from SF is going to pick her up from me and drive her up to her new HOME with adopter Kimberly in Novato where Ringer will live happily ever after. 8 ] !!! -- Elizabeth Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org www.MickaCoo.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0 <Roller2.jpg> _______________________________________________ MickaCoo mailing list MickaCoo(a)mickaboo.org https://mickaboo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mickacoo

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OT: S.F. farmers market protest Wed. June 15 and Sun. June 20
by Elizabeth Young 15 Jun '10

15 Jun '10

Progress is being made! Very exciting! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <info(a)lgbtcompassion.org> Date: Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 2:57 PM Subject: S.F. farmers market protest Wed. June 15 and Sun. June 20 To: info(a)lgbtcompassion.org Animal Advocates, Please join LGBT Compassion and other animal advocates for a peaceful demonstration against animal cruelty on Wed. June 15 from *8:30* a.m. to appx. 10:00, and Sunday, June 20 at *9:00* a.m. to appx. 11:00 a.m. at the Heart of the City Farmers Market in San Francisco on Market St. between Hyde and 7th St. next to the Civic Center BART. Last Sunday, their sales were extremely slow, and some developments have recently occurred with investigations/enforcement by the City that should make it even more difficult or impossible to continue business for long. Our continued strong presence there is extremely effective at this point, so please consider helping. The City is rewriting the market’s permit this fall, and if there are no active live poultry vendors there, it will be politically that much easier for the Board of Directors to decide to ban live animal sales going forward. Brochures and signs will be provided. A sample of the brochure (which includes vegan outreach) is available online here www.LGBTcompassion.org/livemarkets/brochure-web.pdf<http://www.lgbtcompassion.org/livemarkets/brochure-web.pdf> More information is available at www.LGBTcompassion.org/livemarkets<http://www.lgbtcompassion.org/livemarkets> . Please RSVP, if possible. Thanks, Andrew -- Elizabeth Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org www.MickaCoo.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0

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Tweety the rescued lovebird
by Elizabeth Young 15 Jun '10

15 Jun '10

Hello- You know me- I just have to share this! 20 minutes ago, I got a call from a man named Randy about a "green bird with a red beak" that he found. (The flyers for my lost budgie Bodie are still up in spots throughout my neighborhood.) I grabbed a couple of nets and towels and a cage and drove the 4 blocks to where he was at. Randy had seen this bird and his coworkers wanted to try and catch it with a rake but he knew that would just "tear it up" so he cornered it and put his sweatshirt over it. It worked beautifully because the bird was right where he left it when we got there. I asked Randy to name the bird and he did- Tweety. I told him that if there's a reward for reuniting it with her owner, he'll get it. He's homeless but Tweety no longer is. -- Elizabeth Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org www.MickaCoo.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0

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