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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 11:57 AM Original message |
NYC Pigeons Trapped, Kidnapped and Shot for Sport, Group Says |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, if they got a gun they gotta have something to shoot. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. What good is the second amendment if you don't get your daily dose |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. but but they're taking care of a nuisance problem |
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queenjane (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. Is there nothing "humans" won't do to other creatures?? |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. I enjoy shooting clay pigeons |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. I have had pet pigeons. |
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SPedigrees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Illegal netting of feral pigeons in NYC has gone on for years now. |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Very handsome birdy! |
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SPedigrees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. It's not hard to see why pigeons are so ubiquitous. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I have a ring neck dove |
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SPedigrees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. May your dove live even longer and continue to prosper! nt |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
50. Cute. Pigeons are really beautiful. And the variety of colors and patterns are amazing. nt |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. My Dad had carrier pigeons as pets ala Marlon Brandon on a Brooklyn rooftop. My brother |
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SPedigrees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. That's a neat story, Ommm! Usually pigeons stick close to their home territory |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. Pigeons are flying rats |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. No. They're birds. You shouldn't have slept during biology class. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Bullshit! |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Might wanna get those eyes examined, there, sporto. nt |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Since when did DUers lose their sense of humor? |
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SPedigrees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Not all of us have! I have a bumpersticker on my car |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Bats |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. And rats are sewer-dwelling pigeons - it's all pretty simple, really |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Ignorant, stupid statement worthy of a teabagger. |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
35. FarCenter, read my post in this thread and maybe you can see some value in living creatures... |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. Canned hunts are never sporting. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. My dad hunted dove a few times when I was a kid. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. There are gray doves here where I live and the last thing I think of when I look at them is |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. We have white-winged doves, mourning doves, |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. We *USED* to have a *LOT* of mourning doves. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. Urban Birds Given Free Travel And A Day In The Country! |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Bravo! You should do editorial cartoons. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. ...or the Fox News Chiron |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
13. they could at least be productive and start skeet shooting roaches and rats |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Don't give them ideas, please. nt |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. I can imagine someone putting a rat in a clay pigeon launcher. |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Too funny! That made me think of |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. "...trapped and shot for sport." About as "sporting" as a hammer vs snail match. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. Kidnap? Wouldn't it be birdnap? (nt) |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
47. I find your anti-pigeon humor crass and I am OUTRAGED! |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
25. Trapping and sending pigeons from NY to PA seems an awful lot of work |
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SPedigrees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. They use big nets, get a whole flock at once. |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
34. My older brother & his friend slaughtered my pet pigeons when I was just a kid. |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Holy shit. |
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SPedigrees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 05:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. That is the saddest story ever! |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
40. Entertainment for idiots. |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Most hunting is just assassination of an innocent animal by cowards... |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 05:39 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Psst.. your ignorance is showing.. |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. No, not at all... Most hunting is nothing but cowardly assassination. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Most hunters I know use the meat to supplement protein |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. I have no problem with hunting at all. But I don't like people who just like to kill for fun. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 09:50 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Just be careful with generalizations like 'most'. |
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SPedigrees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Clearly you've never frozen your butt off in a deer blind |
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