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Animal Advocacy Pigeons-Catching & De-Stringing!
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There were 2 pidge patrols both on Friday and Monday. I met 2 young students (sister & brother) from Berlin who were on holiday. They (especially the young lady) wanted to learn how to de-string.
We picked up a multitude of rubbish ties, string, elastic bands, plastic etc off the pavements and around the trees. They were a tad shocked to see how dirty the town is. The weather was very warm and like myself, they weren't keen on the high temperatures.
Sarah learned the techniques and successfully caught and managed to de-string the easy ones. She will join the Grey Angels online workshop to learn all of the techniques. Hopefully, she can join or create a group in Berlin. Her dream is to help and work with birds.
Some interesting conversations, especially with 3 young children. They helped me by placing the string into a paper cup before discarding. They also said that they would tell other children not to chase pigeons.
I also had an argument with a father and granny, who were not pleased that I told their daughters not to chase pidges. Animal abusers never like to be called out!
14 pidges caught and 11 were de-strung. 3 others needed to go to a rehabber and also a vet. We don't have the latter over here so they will end up losing toes/feet.
Sadly, there is very little interest for the group to grow. It's so very different to what we have in many towns in the UK, including Brighton. There is also no real feeling of a community of a group spirit. Hence, I'm doing most of the work, solo.
I keep telling the pidge to fly over to Brighton, where there is so much more help for them.
A total of 63 pidges have been treated/de-strung.
We picked up a multitude of rubbish ties, string, elastic bands, plastic etc off the pavements and around the trees. They were a tad shocked to see how dirty the town is. The weather was very warm and like myself, they weren't keen on the high temperatures.
Sarah learned the techniques and successfully caught and managed to de-string the easy ones. She will join the Grey Angels online workshop to learn all of the techniques. Hopefully, she can join or create a group in Berlin. Her dream is to help and work with birds.
Some interesting conversations, especially with 3 young children. They helped me by placing the string into a paper cup before discarding. They also said that they would tell other children not to chase pigeons.
I also had an argument with a father and granny, who were not pleased that I told their daughters not to chase pidges. Animal abusers never like to be called out!
14 pidges caught and 11 were de-strung. 3 others needed to go to a rehabber and also a vet. We don't have the latter over here so they will end up losing toes/feet.
Sadly, there is very little interest for the group to grow. It's so very different to what we have in many towns in the UK, including Brighton. There is also no real feeling of a community of a group spirit. Hence, I'm doing most of the work, solo.
I keep telling the pidge to fly over to Brighton, where there is so much more help for them.
A total of 63 pidges have been treated/de-strung.