The 1900 Olympic Games in Paris hosted what was surely the weirdest and most bizarre Olympic event of all time: live pigeon shooting. The winner was Leon de Lunden of Belgium, who bagged 21 of the 300 ...
While most states banned this cruel practice decades ago, legislative loopholes and special interest lobbying have kept it ...
To a wild round of applause, a Pennsylvania House committee passed a bill to ban live pigeon shoots at the end of last April. The bill’s bipartisan advancement was a new chapter in a bitter debate ...
An alleged pigeon pirate is ruffling feathers in the concrete jungle. A longtime Brooklyn pet store owner is coming under fire after allegations resurfaced that he kidnaps pigeons from public parks ...
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An illustration of a gun adorned with dollar signs aiming at pigeons flying from the Pa. Capitol. (Daniel Fishel / For Spotlight PA) The proposed pigeon shooting ban passed through a Pennsylvania ...
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