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Maybe the birds are making a fashion statement.
Someone's sticking tiny cowboy hats on Las Vegas pigeons.
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The hat doesn't seem to bother the pigeon in the video at all.
The animal activists should spend their time removing human hair from the feet of pigeons instead: Pigeons are having their toes amputated by waste human hair in Paris (New Scientist, Nov. 14, 2019) |
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They have to have been grabbed and subdued to get the hats on them.
The hats are glued on. The hats reduce their peripheral vision by half, leaving them exposed to predators above them. https://www.audubon.org/news/those-p...aughing-matter |
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1) There is no evidence that humans are putting these cowboy hats on pigeons.
2) No hawk would dare to try to eat a pigeon wearing a cowboy hat. |
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I don't see a huge problem with catching a pigeon and holding it uninjured while you put a hat on it, but what the article doesn't mention is what's holding the hats on. It looks as if they might be superglued or something, and that could cause problems if the hat starts to come adrift but is held by a few feathers and interfered with vision.
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Having a super glued hat on their head would have to cause some issues with wind resistance while flying through the air. I can't imagine it doesn't cause some discomfort during flight.
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Pigeon advocacy groups are very upset about this.
However, the Society for Putting Things on top of Other Things is considering a special innovation award if the hat provider identifies himself. |
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Tragically, one of the behatted pigeons has died. https://www.wtnh.com/news/animals-an...g-pigeon-dies/
I anticipate a flood of outrage for the cruel mistreatment and tragic loss of such a beloved animal. (Unlike last August, when a pest control measure in a Las Vegas neighborhood killed flocks of them in twitching convulsions with poisoned corn. But those were normal messy uninteresting pigeons, not amusing cowboy-hat-wearing ones!) |
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Even the Audubon are going for the yucks.
https://www.audubon.org/news/those-p...aughing-matter
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