Posted on 07/23/2016 6:36:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The now thriving pigeon is ready for a home along with 100 other birds
The baby pigeon with a broken beak was found in April, barely 3 weeks old and about to be euthanized.
Instead the vet technician got in touch with Elizabeth Young at Palomacy, a rescue organization for pigeons and doves in San Francisco. It had somehow survived after being attacked by an animal, though its wounds were infected and its beak was split. It had been living on the ground at a gas station, fed by its parents despite its injuries.
Today the pigeon is thriving though with its crooked beak it can never be released into the wild and is available for adoption. It has taught itself to eat pigeon feed, but needs a deep dish and extra time. Its beak is as fixed as it can or needs to be, Young said.
And though named Prince after the musician who had just died, the pigeon is now thought to be female.
"She does great," Young said. "She's completely self-sufficient."
Palomacy had lots of interest from people interested in the birds on Saturday, during NBC's Clear the Shelters pet adoption drive, but the birds need large cages or outdoor aviaries so their adoptions take more time.
"We're planting seeds and starting the process," Young said.
More than 650 shelters across the country took part in Clear the Shelters, and in all more than 44,000 animals were adopted. Most were dogs and cats, but iguanas, guinea pigs, ferrets, rabbits and toads also found homes.
Palomacy -- shorthand for pigeon diplomacy -- has more than 100 pigeons and doves in foster care. They are domestic birds, survivors of pigeon racing, raised for sport or show, or like Prince, wild birds that for whatever reason cannot be released.
"We always have a waiting list of new birds that need our rescue help," she said. "We can never keep up."
Young founded Palomacy nine years because no one in the area was helping the birds and they were routinely killed in the shelters. They are meticulously clean and do no transmit diseases easily to people, she said. "They make amazing pets," she said. "They've very smart, they're very emotional, they're very loyal, they're easy to care for."
NBC 7's Dagmar Midcap speaks with a San Diego family who went to the San Diego Humane Society during Clear The Shelters on July 23, 2016 with the intentions of adopting one dog, but happily left with two new pets. (Published 4 hours ago)Hundreds of animal shelters across the country will come together July 23 for Clear the Shelters, a nationwide push to place deserving animals in forever homes. Use #ClearTheShelters to join the conversation on social media!
This is here (about which I agree), yet my vanity making fun of Cankles was pulled. Ever wonder why the FReepathons have recently been so long? Jsut asking.
I do not believe that.
And I don’t care what you think.
Palomacy — shorthand for pigeon diplomacy
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Paloma means pigeon or dove in Spanish...
that’s what I thought the shelter was named for...
Parque de las Palomas in San Juan, Puerto Rico means Pigeon Park and it is just that, dozens of pigeons
Rudeness and insolence can go both ways your rudeness.
I have an AiR .177 with a scope. I can hit a quarter at 150 feet.
Then get started, already! Jeepers, why the long wait? And please, when you begin, also try to explain why someone should not operate a pigeon rescue if he or she so chooses?
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That was sarcasm, genius.
What a waste of money. There are people desperately hurting all over the world. If this is what you spend your time and money on then your priorities are out of line.
I appreciate your reply.
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Sweet birds. They saw something in you they could trust.
Most feral birds resist being touched, but their appetite can make them bolder over time.
Doesn’t ex boxer Mike Tyson raise pigeons too?
I guess bright red eyes are normal for a healthy pigeon.
Keratin is a Brutally strong protein. I read up on it after cutting my cat’s claws ome time :)
What the #### does this have to do with anything.
Put down the crack pipe.
I only use the crack because you sell it to me.
I don’t think they’d let an avian specialist work on children, the elderly or vets. So when avian specialists offer their help to charity it pretty much has to be for a bird.
Pretty much, but there is living tissue through much of it, and a beak has growth points which if broken will never grow new tissue at the break, so you can’t just cut it and reset it or fuse it together and expect it to reknit.
Bending horn or a beak on a living animal would require heat too high for the living tissue within, so that’s not an option. Depending on the species there’s also the nasal passages to worry about.
Cow horns can be made more symmetrical as they grow by weighting them at the tip, but a bird beak is pretty much set by the time they fledge. You can shape them when they are younger with repeated pressure, and I’ve seen parent birds too enthusiastic when feeding their young warp the beaks a bit. Beaks grow throughout their life and have to be whetted by the bird, upper beak against the matching lower beak, to maintain the right length and shape... or whetted against a limb or stone.
This bird’s going to need someone to keep the beak from overgrowing. I had a tiel with a split beak that had to be trimmed every few weeks or it would curl in a circle like a ram’s horn.
Thanks for standing up for the pigeon (never thought I would write THAT sentence:)
Those bitching & moaning should know that pigeons played a major role in WWI & WWII; saved many lives:
http://www.americainwwii.com/articles/pigeons-of-war/
Always happy to hear of a happy outcome for one of God’s creatures.
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