I would guess that the birds are killed. Their necks might be snapped (if
they are lucky) or they might be sold to "feather merchants" that provide
birds to hunting dog trainers, pigeon-shooters and goodness knows who
else. (If the trapped birds were released, they'd aim for home and many
would make it.)
Pigeons are smart, gentle and loyal and they grieve when they are widowed.
This is a terrible thing to do to any animal (and often a scam for
customers).
MickaCoo doesn't have the bandwidth to take on this industry but please, if
you or anyone you know has a problem with pigeons, tell that they need to
BLOCK the ledges and nooks and crannies (pigeons are cavity nesters) and
the pigeons will go away. Trapping and killing pigeons is only a very
short-term solution as new birds will move in to take advantage of the nest
and roost spots that the trapped pigeons were using.
This is one of my favorite quotes about
pigeonshttp://www.rescuereport.org/2010/02/dutiful-child-constant-lover-wise.html
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"The pigeon,' said Archimedes, "is a kind of Quaker. She dresses in grey. A
dutiful child, a constant lover, and a wise parent, she knows, like all
philosophers, that the hand of every man is against her. She has learned
throughout the centuries to specialize in escape. No pigeon has ever
committed an act of aggression nor turned upon her persecutors; but no
bird, likewise, is so skilled in eluding them... Vigilant, powdery, odorous
and loosefeathered- so that dogs object to take them in their mouths-
armoured against pellets by the padding of these feathers, the pigeons coo
to one another with true love, nourish their carefully hidden children with
true solicitude, and flee from the aggressor with true philosophy... They
are loving individualists surviving against the forces of massacre only by
wisdom in escape." *(excerpted from T. H. White, The Sword in the Stone)*
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On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Steve Riddle
I came across a bill board in Tracy that was an advertisement for Pigeon Removal I am wondering what they do with the pigeons that they remove. The name of the company was All Pro Bird Control and their phone number is 209 836-1500