by johnnymarin | May 12, 2018 | Pigeon Patrol's Services
Located in the north-east region of Bangkok in Thailand, Lop Buri, which is known as the “Monkey City,” now has another major problem. Pigeons have become a nuisance in the Thai city as the numbers have been increasing four to five times each year.
According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), the government officials earlier this week asked residents to trap the birds and organize a cooking competition. The initiative was taken in hope of curbing the bird menace.
Plaek Thepparak, the highest government official in Mueang district, came up with the aforementioned idea.
He told AFP: “The number of pigeons increases four to five times each year, if we don’t do anything the problem will get worse.”
He also said that the birds were creating inconvenience everywhere by defecating on government offices, historical sites, temples, and houses.
“Before people can drink rainwater but now they have to buy drinking water because rainwater is dirty from bird droppings,” he added.
That’s not it. The residents will also be awarded 10 baht ($0.30) per trapped bird. All the trapped birds will be reportedly moved to a quarantine center in a nearby province.
The town also hosted a “pigeon menu” cooking competition along with cash prizes this week. And, among most of the dishes, the most common one was a simply fried pigeon served with a side of Thailand’s classic papaya salad.
The most interesting part of the story is that monkeys are the main attraction in Lop Buri province. But now the increasing numbers of pigeons have outnumbered the monkeys also.
“There are about 3,000 monkeys but there are hundreds of thousands of pigeon,” Plaek added.
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by johnnymarin | May 9, 2018 | Pigeon Patrol's Services
Lop Buri’s Muang district office’s public relations demonstrated various recipes for cooking pigeons on Wednesday and its announcement to buy a live pigeon at Bt10 (for a minimum batch of 200 birds) in a bid to lower the pigeon population has prompted many residents to set traps to hunt the birds, district chief Plaek Theparak said on Thursday.
The live pigeons caught would be gathered by the Lop Buri Animal Quarantine Station – whose veterinarian Sarawuth Prajang confirmed the agency had originally made the live pigeon buying offer – to pass onto Sara Buri’s Thap Kwang Animal Husbandry and Research Centre which studies pigeon behaviour and collects DNA samples for bird flu detection, he said.
Village headman Sakchai Butsri from Tambon Tha Khae, who led his fellow villagers to catch pigeons for cooking, said this project reflected the Muang district’s focus on eradicating the birds that had affected farmers and residents. He said properly cooked pigeons can make a meal, while live ones, in a large batch, can be sold to the district.
Village headman Boonrod On-ngern of Tambon Pho Kao Ton also gave the project his backing as the pigeons had disturbed residents and the programme might help reduce the pigeon population.
He said he was not worried about eating pigeon as long as they were cooked properly at a sufficient heat.
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by johnnymarin | May 5, 2018 | Pigeon Patrol's Services
Feeding pigeons is considered a philanthropic act but city doctors have a different view. According to doctors, the number of patients suffering from hypersensitive pneumonitis is increasing due to pigeons’ droppings. “Pigeon is a symbol of peace and prosperity and even worshipped by many.
There is no harm in feeding the lovely birds. Harm lies in inhaling the dry micro particles of their droppings,” chest physician Dr Pramod Jhawar said. He said excessive inhalation of particles can lead to asthma and other breathing disorders. “About 10-12 patients in a month are approach us with the problem of hypersensitive pneumonitis and we ask them to sing, kabutar jaa jaa, to get rid of the disease.
Pigeons’ droppings are allergens that trigger breathing disorders. Most of the patients live in multistoreyed apartments where pigeons make nests,” he added. Most common diseases caused by pigeons’ dropping include histoplasmosis and cryptococcosis but in general the doctors treat it is as hypersensitive pneumonitis.
OTHER REASONS
Dr Jhawar said after active smoking, there is threat from second hand or passive smoking. “But third hand smoking, that is, inhaling the smoke or ashes particles that stick on clothes of a smoker and inhaled by children or his loved ones can also trigger asthma,” he said adding, “We cannot prove it through cases but the studies have proved that third hand smoking can also cause asthma.” Other reasons of asthma include pollution, dust mites, pollens and animal fur.
Taking about the number of patients suffering from asthma, paediatric pulmonologist Dr Sanjeev Singh Rawat said 300 million people are suffering from the disease worldwide and the number is about 18 million in our country. “There is no official registration for asthma patients in our country.
In Indore, two lakh people suffer from the disease including 3 percent adults and 15 percent children,” he said. He said asthma treatment like use of inhaler is a last stage treatment. “Inhalers are more appropriate for treatment, as taking tablets is expensive and proves hectic for patients,” he added.
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Pigeon Patrol Products & Services is the leading manufacturer and distributor of bird deterrent (control) products in Canada. Pigeon Patrol products have solved pest bird problems in industrial, commercial, and residential settings since 2000, by using safe and humane bird deterrents with only bird and animal friendly solutions. At Pigeon Patrol, we manufacture and offer a variety of bird deterrents, ranging from Ultra-flex Bird Spikes with UV protection, Bird Netting, 4-S Gel and the best Ultrasonic and audible sound devices on the market today.
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by johnnymarin | May 1, 2018 | Pigeon Patrol's Services
Today, PETA filed a complaint asking the University of Minnesota to investigate Dr. Carol Cardona—the Pomeroy Chair in Avian Health for the College of Veterinary Medicine in St. Paul—for false and profoundly irresponsible statements that she made to Bio Corporation, an Alexandria-based classroom dissection–specimen supplier.
A PETA video exposé showed Bio Corporation workers drowning fully conscious pigeons and injecting live crayfish with chemicals, prompting a police investigation and charges for 25 counts of cruelty to animals. But Cardona—in statements contradicted by American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) guidelines and veterinary research—defended the practice of drowning birds, prompting the Alexandria City Attorney’s Office to dismiss all 25 charges. PETA is asking the university to retract these statements and determine whether she violated its Board of Regents’ Code of Conduct.
“On University of Minnesota letterhead, Dr. Cardona wrote in support of drowning pigeons, which causes them a slow, terrifying, and painful death,” says PETA Senior Vice President of Cruelty Investigations Daphna Nachminovitch. “PETA is calling on the university to clarify that neither it nor its faculty advocate the use of illegal and cruel means of killing animals.”
Although Bio Corporation is required by federal law to adhere to the AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals, which prohibit drowning as “inhumane,”Cardona declared that the company’s practices “should be considered pest control.” Although research shows that it can take 5 to 10 minutes for drowning birds to die from cardiac arrest, she claimed that “death by drowning would be nearly instantaneous. In light of this, I don’t think that this form of inducing death should be classified as animal cruelty.”
PETA has also filed complaints against Cardona with the Minnesota Board of Veterinary Medicine and the American College of Poultry Veterinarians.
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by johnnymarin | Apr 30, 2018 | Pigeon Patrol's Services
Fanciers have refined their methods over the years, including making birds’ diets more nutritious, applying superior breeding techniques and using technology in training.
Once seen as a hobby of the working class, pigeon racing has gradually managed to climb up the social hierarchy in India. People like doctors, lawyers, businessmen, engineers and lawmakers are becoming involved.
“There was a time in Chennai when pigeon racing was largely associated only with auto-rickshaw drivers and daily wage workers,” said Philips.
Many fanciers, who are mostly men, also involve their families in the sport and share their passion with loved ones. Many enthusiasts inherited the sport from previous generations.
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There is little chance to make money with pigeon racing and the sport is a labor of love. Even the cash prizes awarded at the racing events are roughly worth 5,000 Indian rupees (€62), whereas the monthly expenses of about 100 birds would cost more than that.
Surprisingly, there is no rampant gambling or foul play such as the introduction of growth stimulators in birds in the loosely organized sport, barring few instances of malpractices.
In comparison, there have been many cases of violation in sports like horse racing.
One of the major challenges faced by the lovers of pigeon racing sport is the government’s reluctance to formalize the sport, which would foster a regulated system.
Pigeon racer Mohanakrishnan’s bird won the 2017 long-distance race
Mohanakrishnan, an ardent pigeon fancier whose bird won the long-distance race in 2017, is gearing up to send three of his coveted birds on an arduous 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) voyage sometime in the next few days. He rears as many as 150 pigeons at the moment and ends up spending up to 8,000 Indian rupees (€100) monthly.
Explaining his feeding methods, Mohanakrishnan, an engineer who goes by a single name, told DW “I feed corn, groundnut, white corn, varieties of wheat, horse gram, candle millet, finger millet to all the birds regularly. Every morning, I also give oil feeds so as to strengthen the birds allowing them to fly longer distances.”
When asked about the training regime for the birds, he said the preparations begin soon after what is known as the “molting period” – typically between July and September – during which the pigeons shed their feathers for fresh ones. The first month after molting is crucial to make the birds’ wings stronger and hone their skills.
After monitoring flying abilities, Mohanakrishnan said homing pigeons are then made to fly at regular intervals between five and 120 kilometers (three – 75 miles) to boost their capability and sharpen their homing skills.
Over a 15-year lifespan, pigeons are their racing peak for four to five years. After this the best are kept as “stock birds” to strengthen the gene-pool of the next generation.
Mohanakrishnan added that an experienced fancier could determine whether a particular bird is worthy of racing by looking at its eyes, wing patterns, body, feathers and legs, but cautioned there is always a chance of making a mistaken guess.
Birds can also be lost due to several factors both during the training and racing phases – but this risk can be minimized if the fanciers take necessary precautionary measures, added Mohanakrishnan.
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by johnnymarin | Apr 22, 2018 | Pigeon Patrol's Services
Half-eaten dead birds have been dumped in Hucclecote and it is going to cost around £8,000 to clear up the carcasses.
The birds, that have had the edible meat removed, were left in a pile in a ditch adjoining Hucclecote Rugby Club and the A40, with this being the third time in a year dead birds have been dumped in the area.
Highways England will be closing a lane of the A40 in order to clear up the pile of dead animals and Tewkesbury Borough Council want to hear from anyone that has been offered cheap pigeon breasts recently.
Peter Tonge, head of community services at Tewkesbury Borough Council, said: “This seems to be an increasingly occurring issue with three reports over the last twelve months of someone dumping dead birds.
“The birds seem to have had the edible meat removed and we would be interested to hear from anyone who has been approached with a supply of cheap pigeon breasts recently.
“Our environmental health team received the first report in April 2017. Ubico (our waste contractors) secured a road closure to enable environmental health officers to visit the site.
“After finding insufficient evidence for prosecution, Ubico were asked to return with specialist equipment to clear the waste.
“Environmental health became aware of more dumped bird carcasses in November 2017. Officers did the best they could to access the site from the adjoining land owned by a local rugby club but on this occasion, they could not get near the dead birds to search for evidence.”
Council officers have visited the site but were unable to find any evidence to catch the fly-tipper.
Tonge added: “This week, we were made aware of a further fly tip of dead birds. We sent officers to the site who confirmed that there isn’t any evidence to carry out a prosecution.
“We have instructed our contractor to clear the dead birds as soon as possible – this will be dictated by when lane closures are able to happen, but we will ensure it is done.
“It’s unacceptable for someone to dump any rubbish, never mind bird carcasses on public land, particularly when we have recently had road closures in this area to litter pick at a cost to the tax payer of around £8,000.
“Our waste crew and their vehicle can only access this particularly unpleasant fly tip safely by arranging a lane closure on this fast moving road – this obviously takes time and adds considerable expense to the whole operation.”
About Pigeon Patrol:
Pigeon Patrol Products & Services is the leading manufacturer and distributor of bird deterrent (control) products in Canada. Pigeon Patrol products have solved pest bird problems in industrial, commercial, and residential settings since 2000, by using safe and humane bird deterrents with only bird and animal friendly solutions. At Pigeon Patrol, we manufacture and offer a variety of bird deterrents, ranging from Ultra-flex Bird Spikes with UV protection, Bird Netting, 4-S Gel and the best Ultrasonic and audible sound devices on the market today.
Voted Best Canadian wholesaler for Bird Deterrent products four years in a row.
Contact Info: 1- 877– 4– NO-BIRD (www.pigeonpatrol.ca)
