FW: [VeganWay] Help Trafalgar Square Pigeons-Pls send letter

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Barbara Biel [bibiel]

Thursday, 18 January 2001 01:01

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[VeganWay] Help Trafalgar Square Pigeons-Pls send letter

 

 

 

Source: PETA

http://www.peta-online.org/alert/00/2022.html

 

BACKGROUND:

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The world-famous pigeons of London's Trafalgar Square

have been condemned to starve to death as you read

this. It's hard to believe, but after promising a

" cruelty-free " city, London's new mayor, Ken

Livingstone, summarily evicted the only licensed

pigeon-feed seller from Trafalgar Square. Bernard

Rayner's family had been selling birdfeed under

Nelson's Column since 1956.

On October 20, after weeks of protests, PETA-inspired

legal action, and appeals from around the world,

England's High Court granted a temporary restraining

order against the mayor over the feed ban, an action

that allows Mr. Rayner to sell his feed again until

the court hears the whole case.

Your help is needed to keep the pressure on the mayor.

Please write to him (and get friends, family members,

coworkers, and neighbors to do the same) demanding

that he immediately reinstate the license to the feed

vendor and consult with animal protection groups and

pigeon experts to find a solution agreeable to all

parties-one that is not to the detriment of the birds.

 

 

Write to:

 

The Honourable Ken Livingstone

Mayor of London

Greater London Authority

Romney House

Marsham Street

London SW1P 3PY

Fax: 020 7983 4000

Tel.: 020 7983 4008

E-Mail: mayor (london.gov.uk)

 

Please also print a copy of PETA’s petition

(http://www.peta-online.org/alert/00/2022.html) and

send the completed forms back to PETA, and PETA will

deliver them to the Greater London Authority.

 

 

SAMPLE LETTER

***Include your name, city/state/country***

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mayor

 

Please stop starving the pigeons of Trafalgar Square

 

Honourable Ken Livingstone,

 

I understand that you have condemned the world-famous

pigeons of London's Trafalgar Square to starve to

death. It's hard to believe that after promising a

" cruelty-free " city, you summarily evicted the only

licensed pigeon-feed seller from Trafalgar Square.

Bernard Rayner's family had been selling birdfeed

under Nelson's Column since 1956.

 

Avian experts agree: These domesticated birds, who for

generations have known and depended upon this single

source of food, will likely die of starvation. They

have no experience foraging, and the young and very

old are particularly and immediately vulnerable. In

fact, since the ban, about a dozen pigeons have been

found dead every day in the Square, with no visible

signs of injury or illness, i.e., they starved to

death.

 

I demand that you immediately reinstate the license to

the feed vendor and consult with animal protection

groups and pigeon experts to find a solution agreeable

to all parties-one that is not to the detriment of the

birds. Your current “solution” is grossly inhumane and

is not acceptable to members of civilized society.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

 

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