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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.
Well done @shyvas
You can't help them all but like the post you shared the other day, it means so much to the ones that you are helping.
You can't help them all but like the post you shared the other day, it means so much to the ones that you are helping.
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Well done @shyvas
You can't help them all but like the post you shared the other day, it means so much to the ones that you are helping.
I know. However, so many of them should be going into rehab and also to the vets. I cannot do all of this alone and the members aren't much help. I'm also comparing to what happens in Brighton. There is such a great network and many people that are eager to help.
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After. It's so rewarding to see what the pidges' feet look like once the string is removed.
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You are doing wonderful things for the pigeons, @shyvas. Well done!
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One of the funny ones, that we took a pic of during yesterday's patrol.
The above one which the de-stringer is holding is a double foot stringfoot tied together. This is considered as an urgent case as they tend not to live long. They cannot walk normally and forage. Moreover, they can be bullied and easily get run over. We found 2 dead pidges yesterday run over by a car.
The strings are once again, human hair plus dustbin ties. You cannot really see how tangled and deeply embedded all of the stuff is until you start to remove it. This pidge must have been in bad pain.
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