by Pigeon Patrol | Mar 31, 2015 | Animal Deterrent Products, Pigeons in the News
A 26-year-old transient was arrested Wednesday on a charge of cruelty to animals after a wing was ripped off a live pigeon in a parking lot at 221 W. Union St., according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
Simon Abromson remains in the Duval County jail on $10,000 bail after his 1 p.m. arrest, according to jail records.
Abromson was feeding birds in the parking lot at noon Monday and threw bread on the ground to gather birds, a witness told police. After gathering birds around him, he grabbed one pigeon and ripped off a wing before it fell back to the ground. The bird tried to run away, but died behind a dumpster, according to the arrest report.
The witness confronted Abromson about torturing the bird and was told to “back off or I’ll slit your throat and drink your blood,” according to the arrest report.
Police found the man two days later, but he became violent when arrested and said he would come back and shoot people in the parking lot. The man told police he eats pigeons regularly, according to the arrest report.
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by Pigeon Patrol | Mar 31, 2015 | Animal Deterrent Products, Pigeons in the News
A persistent bird feeder given an Anti-Social Behaviour Order to restrict his habit was feeding pigeons around 40kg of bird seed a day, a court heard.
John Wilkinson, Morecambe’s Pigeonman, can now only feed birds half a kilo of bird seed three days a week under the varied terms of his ASBO.
Prosecuting body Lancaster City Council was granted a variation of an Anti-Social Behaviour Order against Mr Wilkinson, of Cavendish Road in Morecambe.
The variation extends an existing ASBO for a further year to December 2015 and varies the conditions by further restricting the amount and also the times he can feed pigeons.
Proceedings were brought against Mr Wilkinson due to the annoyance and distress he has brought to residents for a number of years by feeding flocks of up to 300 pigeons outside his home and in other parts of the district. The flock wait for their regular feeds by perching on rooftops of neighbouring houses, where their fouling causes blocked and leaking gutters and their noise disturbs sleep.
Mr Wilkinson was feeding approximately 40kg of bird seed to the pigeons each day.
Coun Karen Leytham, Cabinet member with responsibility for environmental health, said: “The order does not prevent Mr Wilkinson from feeding pigeons but tries to curb the worst excesses by restricting the amount he can feed and also the times and location.”
The conditions of the ASBO prohibit Mr Wilkinson from feeding pigeons within 100m of his home on Cavendish Road. Outside that radius he can feed up to half a kilo of bird seed between 9.30am and 10.30am on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday.
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by Pigeon Patrol | Feb 11, 2015 | 4-S Gel Bird repellent, Animal Deterrent Products, Bird Netting, Pigeon Patrol's Services, Pigeon Spikes, Pigeons in the News
PIGEONS displaced by the demolition of the ABC cinema site in Tunbridge Wells have been causing a messy – and costly – nuisance to the neighbours.
Work to flatten the land began in the summer and it was finished last month.
And while the site on Mount Pleasant and Church Road has been left tidy and boarded up, the pigeons which roosted in the buildings have moved next door to the Pitcher & Piano bar and the Wellington Gate offices.
The ABC cinema has stood empty since it closed in 2000.
Rosemary Ehrler, who is building manager at office building Wellington Gate, told the Courier: “The birds migrated to every other building around. My opinion is they should have been culled before they pulled the building down.
“The problem is now we have a situation where the front of our building is getting covered in pigeon faeces and we have had to call in pest control at our own expense. We are a seven storey building and pest control are coming in next week to remove the mess.
“The whole building will have to be cleaned and they are going to put up something to stop the pigeons landing on the building.
“It’s a fairly expensive business. It’s in the thousands. Then the pigeons will just move on to another building.” said Mrs Ehrler.
She said the pigeon problem started as soon as the cinema was demolished.
“There aren’t hundreds of birds but it’s a fairly large flock and it doesn’t take many to create a mess. They tend to like the ledges on the front of the building and the mess spreads down the front of the building and on the windows. I know Pitcher & Piano had their pest control, so they’ve spent moneytoo,” she added.
At the Pitcher & Piano next door in Church Road, supervisor Liam Turner said: “It was when they knocked down the actual cinema. They were nesting in there and as soon as they started work they were everywhere. There must be hundreds of them.”
Mr Turner said the alleyway at the side of his building was a fire escape and it was “very, very messy because of the pigeons” and that the birds were nesting on top of their coolant fans.
He added: “It’s causing us hassle. It will cost a lot of money to get the problem solved. The company has to do it regardless. Our building is quite inaccessible so we’re trying to come up with a plan to get rid of them. We’d need a lot of netting. It’s such a big job, they need to pick the right time.”
Mr Turner said he had had to jetwash the delivery area because the delivery man had complained about it. Even the Town Hall was affected by the displaced pigeons.
A council spokesman said: “There are pigeon deterrents on the Town Hall including some replica owls looking down from the roof. We did see an increase in birds after the cinema came down and installed some additional deterrents which seem to have worked.”
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by Pigeon Patrol | Feb 11, 2015 | Bird Deterrent Products, Bird Netting, Pigeon Patrol's Services, Pigeon Spikes, Pigeons in the News
Cannibalistic pigeons at a Farnborough hospital have been branded ‘disgusting’.
The dead birds have been spotted at the Princess Royal University Hospital, on Farnborough Common.
A net preventing the winged beasts from flying near the hospital has inadvertently become their death chamber, witnesses claim.
Some of the feathered creatures, which gather round the tops of the buildings, are reportedly left to rot or are devoured while hanging in the net below.
It is unclear whether they become trapped in the net and die, or simply fall after dying of natural causes.
One hospital visitor, Joan Collins of Southend Road in Beckenham, said: “It’s disgusting, it’s absolutely horrible. It’s not just their rotting bodies trapped in the net but their droppings as well.
“It’s sickening watching them eat each other!”
“I think something should be done about it; someone should fish them out because they keep coming back.”
The 74-year-old, who witnessed cannibalistic pigeons eating the body of a comrade, said: “It’s not sanitary, not at a hospital. They shouldn’t be anywhere near here.”
Another visitor – who did not wish to be named – said: “I’m disgusted and dismayed; every time I visit this hospital I see the trapped pigeons in the netting.
“I have seen other visitors and staff members upset seeing the trapped birds.”
“Many that have died are still hanging in nets. Maggots must have been dropping from them.
She added: “I heard last week a magpie was attacking a trapped bird and pecking at his head!”
The woman from Sevenoaks also claimed she had left complaints in the comment box at the hospital over the issue.
However, a spokesperson for the hospital said: “Bird droppings can pose a health risk, particularly among people with a lowered immune system, so mesh on the outside of the building has been in place for a number of years to prevent birds entering the courtyards and fouling on the ground and the hospital building.
“Birds roosting and fouling in the courtyards have been an issue since the hospital was built. We have strict control measures to protect our patients from exposure to infection.
“We are aware of a small number of cases where birds have become entangled in the mesh. The mesh has been coated in a substance designed to make it too slippery for birds to land on, which has reduced the number getting caught. We are currently working to free any birds that become trapped and we are taking steps to reduce the likelihood of them getting caught in future.
“There are plans to slant the mesh to reduce the likelihood of birds landing on them and consequently becoming trapped.
“No formal complaints have been received but a small number of people have made us aware of birds caught in the mesh. In these cases we have liaised with our contractors to free the birds.”
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by Pigeon Patrol | Feb 11, 2015 | Bird Deterrent Products, Bird Netting, Pigeon Patrol's Services, Pigeons in the News
A PEREGRINE falcon has been rescued by firefighters after becoming trapped.
The bird of prey got stuck in anti-pigeon netting on the roof of a building shortly after 9.30am yesterday morning.
A specialist rescue team from Camels Head set about helping the bird.
They used specialist animal rescue equipment, and requested the mobilisation of the aerial platform to help get to the bird.
Ben Wheedon, from Camels Head, said: “The netting was wrapped around its wing and leg. We used animal rescue equipment to free the bird, and put it in an animal rescue bag to be handed over to the SPCA. It has been taken to the vet for a check-up and we think it’s going to be OK.
“We have a lot of protective equipment to help protect the animals.”
The bird was rescued using specialist equipment and was passed into the care of the SPCA.
ONE lane was blocked as emergency services dealt with an incident.
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A 26-year-old transient was arrested Wednesday on a charge of cruelty to animals after a wing was ripped off a live pigeon in a parking lot at 221 W. Union St., according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
