Tell Gov. Corbett – End live pigeon shoots (aka Pennsylvania’s Shame)
- This petition is for Pennsylvania residence ONLY.
- Did you know Pennsylvania is the ONLY state that does not consider pigeon shooting animal cruelty?
- Each year countless pigeons are illegally netted and transported from city streets to the gun clubs of Pennsylvania where gun enthusiasts can pay to shoot them at close range.
- In these notoriously cruel events, pigeons are kept in boxes and then launched one-by-one into the air by a spring loaded bottom when the box is opened.
- These birds are denied food and water for several days to weaken them prior to release so they can be easily shot.
- The majority – about 70% — are not killed immediately.
- Injured pigeons who fall outside of the gun club’s property are left to suffer for hours or days before death claims them.
- For the injured birds lucky enough to be collected from the ground get to die early by having their necks wrung or heads cut off by CHILDREN, a practice that serves to teach children that it is acceptable to kill animals for fun.
- The recovered birds are then tossed into a pile of dead and dying pigeons and discarded as garbage.
- The Pennsylvania State Legislature is now considering SB510 that will end the use of live animals (pigeons and fowl) for target trap shoots and block shoots.
- SB510 also states traditional hunting activity is NOT included in the ban.
- Pigeon shoots are not genuine “sportsmen” events and most hunters recognize there is a BIG difference between stalking a wild animal in the woods and close range shooting of weakened and disoriented birds released from a box.
- Many people in all other states as well as around the world want this cruelty to end but ONLY the Pennsylvania residence can make this happen by passing SB510.
- PLEASE sign this petition in support of SB510 to end Pennsylvania’s Shame.
- The pigeon in the picture is a survivor. Her name is Janet.
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