Animal rights advocates are voicing concern over pigeon-trapping practices in Niles after a video surfaced showing workers catching pigeons in nets and placing them into traps.
The footage, taken Wednesday outside the Jungle of Niles Plant Outlet on Golf Road, has circulated widely on social media, raising questions about how the birds are handled and the ultimate fate of the trapped pigeons.The Dallas-based company, CatchEm All Pigeons LLC, is behind the trapping and has defended its work, stating that the pigeons pose a public health risk and spread disease. Signs around the area also discourage the public from feeding pigeons and other birds.
Animal rescuer Jacqueline Tsevis added that the birds might be sold to hunters or used for dog-training exercises."We are delivering them to an awful life," Tsevis said.A past online post reportedly linked CatchEm All Pigeons LLC to the sale of trapped pigeons at $10 each, leading animal advocates to allege that the company profits by selling the birds.The Niles Police Department released the following statement.
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