It is springtime in New York, and in springtime, there have always been happy flocks of pigeons, strutting their iridescent stuff in the sunshine, beautifying and enlivening this concrete metropolis with their joyous fluttering and flight; spangled, living jewels; gentle, benign, soulful presence on our streets; jostling, bustling, bobbing along, soaring in on wing like poetry in air, their soft cooing mediating the harsh sounds of the city.
I was in Manhattan, yesterday - - and it was a veritable GHOST TOWN, if you were looking for pigeons. The presence of the birds was conspicuously ABSENT. There were hardly any at all; I could have literally COUNTED how many pigeons I saw, in a place that used to be gloriously alive with birds.
My dentist, who has an office overlooking Columbus Circle and Central Park South, remarked, upon my comment about the birds, that he had noticed this and wondered where all the pigeons went; that he had been noticing, looking out his second-floor windows, that where there had always been small flocks of pigeons, waddling contentedly around the park, now there were none. (And this is a man who has no interest in bird-watching; this is how obvious the absence of pigeons is).
Furthermore - - those few birds that I did see, seemed disoriented and confused, as if they didn't know what to do, without the presence of their flock. All the birds on wing - - were flying far too low, at a level down with the traffic. I saw three dead birds, in the street, on Central Park South - - something I have never in my life seen at that locale. Central Park West was almost entirely devoid of pigeons, altogether.
Throughout the entire city, as we travelled in the car, I noticed the same deal, with remaining few birds looking distressed and confused - - all flying too low. Where normally there would be a small flock of birds, I saw ONE, sitting there, huddled up and looking miserable.
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON IN THIS CITY??????
Pigeon-lovers, and lovers of life in general, take note: we are witnessing a genocide! We are witnessing a holocaust that has been waged against these animals. It is a quiet holocaust, because it attacks quiet things - - but PAY ATTENTION!!! - - these silent beings are suffering, and their populations are being decimated, in a purposeful attempt to wipe out, by means of extermination, this species of animal.
If you think that this is overwrought, and exaggerated, I have two words for you: passenger pigeon.
Seen any lately?
WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND FILE A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST THE A.S.P.C.A, FOR NOT UPHOLDING THEIR CHARTER!!!!!!!!
Can I say it any more clearly???
(This has been done SUCCESSFULLY, in the past. This is what influenced the fact that the A. is no longer providing services for the city as the local pound, and now operate as a private entity. They are the sole source of humane law enforcement in this city, and are under OBLIGATION to provide said service!!).
These gorgeous birds are being eliminated from our environment, and from our world. (Be mindful of the simultaneous actions toward genocide that is taking place in Italy, and other parts of the world). OUR CITY is NAKED AND BEREFT of these jewels, that have been STOLEN from us!!!
The time to take action is already LATE! If a class action suit is not organized and filed against the A., that harbors the ONLY SOURCE for HUMANE LAW ENFORCEMENT that exists in this city, IT WILL BE TOO LATE FOR THESE BIRDS (it may already be so).
P.S. to the DEC: What will your much-blathered-about hawks do for food, now? The pickings will be kind of scant!
Eve
