NYC’s pink pigeon ‘Flamingo’ dies from dye, likely painted for gender reveal

WBF blamed this callous color “scheme” for causing Flamingo’s death.

“Despite our best efforts to reduce the fumes coming off the dye, while keeping him calm and stable, he died in the night,” they wrote. “We believe his death was caused by inhaling the toxins.” However, the nonprofit postulated that the poor birdie would’ve perished even without “dyeing” due to its captive-bred status. “This king pigeon, a domestic bird likely raised for food, was malnourished, barely older than a baby and had no survival skills when he was released and left to fend for himself,” they explained.

“Even without the added complication of the toxic dye, he would not have survived in a city park as a white, helpless bird,” WBF wrote.In light of the tragedy, the WBF is warning the public against releasing domestic fowl into the wild, which they claim will inevitably lead to their “starvation or predation.”

“Based on the hundreds of comments we’ve received, we know YOU know this, but please try to discourage others from releasing domestic birds for any reason,” the ornithological rehab center implored. “‘Dove releases’ sound romantic, but take away the decorations and Instagram photos, and they are the equivalent of dumping your helpless pets on the side of the road.”

Horrible selfish people do this kind of stuff.

It’s family should get to paint the perpetrators with pigeon shit

Gender reveal Americans..

This is very sad and selfish.

not a fan of pigeons but . . Red 40 is a hazardous artificial dye that should not be ingested

So it was a boy!

very very sad

Horrible. The ChineseSpyBalloon reveal was just as bad

Humans are the virus

What's wrong with the world described in one sentence.

We are doomed as a society

It’s a dead.

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