I’ve personally witnessed a packet of hot and spicy rice being thrown down from the flat where I live. Pigeons flocked and finished it clean, but why were the pigeons eating food that wasn’t meant for them? My answer to the question is that there is not enough or even no food for them. And why would pigeons wait and fight for a small amount of bread? Some say it’s for convenience. Seriously? For that small piece of bread? With that little bread, many pigeons may not have food to eat for the rest of the day and even the next few days.
I’ve also witnessed a fledgling feeding on dust and tiny stones on the ground. Our authorities need to check their conscience before they repeatedly put the blame on the feeders and brainwash people into believing that the feeders are the killers.
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Despite going through and having endured all the pain, pigeons continue to thrive. Their legs are often entangled by strings that we litter till their legs break apart. I can imagine the pain but I can’t imagine the resilience and endurance the pigeons are suffering. Today, I still see pigeons with strings tightly tied around their feet. Some are swollen. They limp and sadly, I am not able to catch them. I’ve helped to untie the strings from two pigeons. One couldn’t survive and another was being rounded up. The fate of the two pigeons with only one foot (as we can see on the video and photos), they too couldn’t escape the trap. In the end, all had to die in the cruel hands of humans. They were gassed to death because they were dirty… because they’ve dirty our places and because we don’t like them…
They have caused completely no harm to us. It was our own selfishness that caused them so much suffering even to the end.
Perhaps we should look into ourselves again and again and ask ourselves if we want to cultivate a mind that want to kill and cause harm to others or to live generously in every way. That will bring peace to others as well as ourselves.
Life is very short. On my deathbed, I wish my mind could be filled with loving kindness. Always having a mind that benefits others and wanting others to be happy. After all, pigeons or rats, cats or dogs, pigs or elephants, fishes or humans, we all live in the same land, thrive in the same land and suffer very much the same like the animals. Doing good to others is being kind to myself. This is what I want for my life. A meaningful one!
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Just like any of us, the pigeons want to be happy as well. They definitely need food and water like us and I’ve seen them playing as well.
It was after a heavy downpour and a small pool of water had formed on the ground. Several pigeons dipped themselves into the water. Their happiness and safety are my happiness and safety… Sadly, they were rounded up by the authorities. Nothing was left but only wonderful memories of them teaching me to cherish life, be present and be strong.
We must understand the importance of coexistence!
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I felt helpless when these pigeons were trapped, intended to be gassed. There was nothing I could do but to take photos and videos to expose the inhumane measures that our authorities have taken. They were harmless pigeons who were hungry all the time. Like everybody else, all they wanted was food. Humans are becoming more and more selfish. We find almost everything intolerable. When we find anything that we’re unhappy about, we want to get rid of it. Every action has its consequences. There is no exception to this. Those who did not kill with their own hands but gave support and encouragement would also receive what had been done to others .
Whenever I look at this video, I see their innocent eyes. They were helpless and didn’t know what was going to happen to them and it hurts me so much that all I could do was to take videos and photos. I wanted so much to release them… but I couldn’t. Their voices need to be heard and I will be their voice.
The videos and photos were posted on social media. I want people to know they were treated unfairly and humane methods should be used. It really was unnecessary to kill them. We do not need to go to such extremes.
The place was like a dead town after they were being trapped. The residents seemed to be angry with the authorities as more food were being thrown out of their windows. There are many people who actually love the pigeons, they just don’t know how to voice their concerns. Pigeon feeders were blamed for the killing. Little does NParks know that they are the ones who push the people to feed them. The more they kill, the more the residents empathise with the pigeons and at the same time hate the authorities. Our authorities may continue to brainwash us, but those who have done good by feeding them understand there truly is no or not enough food for the pigeons. NParks lacks compassion. They are theory based. When compassion is lacking, one cannot fully understand and accept the views of others.
What’s my plan ahead? It may not be a big plan with a big influence. I’ll do it little by little. I’ll carry on caring for the pigeons. Their voices will be consistently heard. When the time is right, I’ll write to the MP again.
We need to coexist with other species. We’re not alone and Earth belongs to everyone. Live compassionately. Choose love over killing.
Please support using humane measures to control pigeon population. Below link is the petition to end pigeon culling.
Below is the description of using carbon dioxide to kill them. This is the humane method that NParks claimed.
“In a seminar presented at the US Department of Agriculture on December 16, 2004, Dr. Mohan Raj, Senior Research Fellow in the Farm Animal Division of the School of Clinical Veterinary Science at the University of Bristol in England, described the effects of CO2 on the body. CO2 induces breathlessness – a subjective distress in breathing known as dyspnea. According to Dr. Raj, dyspnea in both birds and mammals “activates brain regions associated with pain and induces an emotional response of panic.”
This is because, while CO2 increases the rate and depth of breathing to expel CO2 from the lungs, breathing actually increases the intake of CO2, and thus the desire to breathe to expel the noxious CO2 gas causes slow, painful suffocation.”
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“Enough, Vakkali! Why do you want to see this foul body? One who sees the Dhamma sees me; one who sees me sees the Dhamma. For in seeing the Dhamma,Vakkali, one sees me; and in seeing me, one sees the Dhamma.” ~ SN 22.87
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