For The Birds
Welcome to BarkSpot from Bark PDX, a blog dedicated to our pets and our lives and adventures with them. Here we will share ideas, information, news, links, fun stories, anecdotes and basically everything pet and animal related.
For The Birds
When it comes to pets, Bark PDX loves them all! We provide playcare for all kinds of animals and we have a warm spot in our hearts for each and every one of them. Today I came across this story about this woman who has decided to keep some unlikely pets in her apartment- street pigeons. I was born and raised in New York City so I know a thing or two about these pigeons, they are all over the place. Honestly, I remember people having very little compassion for these birds. “Rats with wings” I would often hear, accusing them of being among the dirtiest of all NYC critters. Every now and again the negative view of these pigeons would be shattered by the one person altruistally distributing food to them as hundreds of pigeons amassed for a tasty treat. Jennifer Chong, a Wildlife Rehabilitator, shares her 1 bedroon apartment with about 48 pigeons. After the recent stories about animal cruelty in New York I’m happy to be able to talk about this one. Anyway, here’s the link and let me know what you think. Pigeon Whisperer
