Posted on 10/13/2005 10:40:59 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
(10/13/05 - TORRANCE, CA) - A man found operating on a pigeon that he sedated with vodka was later arrested after animal control officers raided his house and discovered about 300 living and dead birds inside. "There's droppings everywhere," Patrick Wren, the head of Torrance's animal control department, said Wednesday. "I'm wearing a mask. That says it all."
About 120 dead pigeons filled bags and boxes alongside Gerard Redmond Enright Jr.'s home, officials said. Other birds in pet carriers throughout the house were euthanized because they were sick or malnourished, Wren said.
County health officials declared the home unfit for humans.
Enright, 61, who was arrested for investigation of animal abuse, denied mistreating the birds. He said he had devoted his life to saving them.
"I'm literally in shock," said Enright, who often walks with his pigeon, Twister, to a local Starbucks.
Police said animal control officers went to Enright's home in a Los Angeles suburb after getting complaints from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Enright acknowledged operating to remove a large tumor from the bird, saying he watched his own veterinarian perform such a procedure. He said he gave the bird a shot of vodka before operating.
Was Patrick sure they weren't his?
Also, why is it illegal to do anything with a pigeon?
Bookmark for tomorrow's silliness thread.
Waaaaaaiiiiit a minute ...! This guy is my primary care physician!! I always thought his methods were a little unorthodox. But I love vodka, so I put up with it.
Now that's an ambiguous headline.
I sure hope they dont look in my freezer....
I actually have dead birds cut up in parts...
Dead cows, fish and pigs too....
And veggies...
I'd hate to see the aftermath of a crazy old cat lady moving in with a crazy old bird man.
The average person doesn't even know it's illegal to give vodka to a pigeon. This could happen to anyone.
http://members.aol.com/quentncree/lehrer/pigeons.htm
Spring is here, a-suh-puh-ring is here.
Life is skittles and life is beer.
I think the loveliest time of the year is the spring.
I do, don't you? 'Course you do.
But there's one thing that makes spring complete for me,
And makes every Sunday a treat for me.
All the world seems in tune
On a spring afternoon,
When we're poisoning pigeons in the park.
Every Sunday you'll see
My sweetheart and me,
As we poison the pigeons in the park.
When they see us coming, the birdies all try an' hide,
But they still go for peanuts when coated with cyanide.
The sun's shining bright,
Everything seems all right,
When we're poisoning pigeons in the park.
We've gained notoriety,
And caused much anxiety
In the Audubon Society
With our games.
They call it impiety
And lack of propriety,
And quite a variety
Of unpleasant names.
But it's not against any religion
To want to dispose of a pigeon.
So if Sunday you're free,
Why don't you come with me,
And we'll poison the pigeons in the park.
And maybe we'll do
In a squirrel* or two,
While we're poisoning pigeons in the park.
We'll murder them all amid laughter and merriment,
Except for the few we take home to experiment.
My pulse will be quickenin'
With each drop of strych'nine
We feed to a pigeon.
(It just takes a smidgin!)
To poison a pigeon in the park.
[Louella Parsons] achieved happiness of a sort with her third husband, Dr. Harry “Docky” Martin, a urologist, for whom she found work as a “technical adviser” on various films and then as a $30,000-per-year part-time staff physician at 20th Century-Fox. Martin was such a heavy drinker that he often passed out at parties. When somebody once tried to lift him off the floor, according to one much-told tale, Mrs. Parsons said, “Oh, let him rest. He has to operate in the morning.”-- Otto Friedrich, City of Nets.
"How's your bird?"
-Frank Sinatra
Did PETA complain because he was giving the birds vodka, or because he was killing them before PETA could?
"I'd hate to see the aftermath of a crazy old cat lady moving in with a crazy old bird man."
Not me. I'd pay to see that :)
Harry Doyle: So a tough loss for the Indians as Pedro Cerrano doubles off a pigeon and is tagged out while administering CPR before the tying run could score. Funny game ain't it Monty?
Monte: Well at least the bird survived.
Harry Doyle: Who cares? It's a rat with wings.
Ahhh, there is my problem, I've been giving my pigeons whiskey.
Beat me to the flying rat comments.
"Quick Igor...Get me my bottle of Stolie and eye-dropper..."
LOL - yeah, that just makes'em mean and destructive. Ugly drunks, those pigeons.
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