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PL> OP/ED: Las Vegas [uSA] SUN - Letter: Pigeon cruelty is

unnecessary

 

 

> From

>

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/archives/2000/jul/18/510519007.htm

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>

> Las Vegas SUN

>

> July 18, 2000

>

> Letter: Pigeon cruelty is unnecessary

>

> Unbelievable -- but unfortunately it's true.

>

> To ease the " pigeon problem " Las Vegas plans to trap the pigeons first,

then

> hire some maladjusted characters to systematically wring the necks of

thousands

> of these birds. This is not from a Stephen King horror novel, folks --

this is

> reality.

>

> This plan just hit the Los Angeles newspapers and also the Chicago

Tribune, and

> my friends and relatives have my phone ringing off the hook. They are

shocked

> and appalled and once again are asking me " how can you stand to live in

Las

> Vegas? " I'm beginning to wonder myself.

>

> Isn't it odd that Chicago, a " real " city, has managed to co-exist with

pigeons

> for a hundred years -- yet it was just voted the cleanest downtown area in

the

> country? If this unnecessary cruelty disgusts you, please voice your

protests to

> City Hall -- 229-6011.

>

> RUTH DI MAGGIO

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