We are pleased to announce that after receiving complaints about the event, and less than one day after we released this video about the issue, Ducks Unlimited has cancelled the shoot!
Here is the email we just received from Ducks Unlimited:
Dale Hall forwarded me your email regarding the pigeon shoot and asked that I respond to you directly. Earlier today, several Ducks Unlimited members contacted headquarters staff to make us aware that one of our committees was planning to hold a pigeon shoot as part of a DU event. We have policies in place holding our staff and local volunteers to high ethical and moral standards, and do not condone wanton waste of wildlife or other animals. To avoid the potential for wanton waste, the event committee has decided to change the live pigeon event to a sporting clays shoot.
Sincerely,
Matt
Matt Coffey Senior Communications Specialist DUCKS UNLIMITED
This is an astounding turn of events; for 20 years Ducks Unlimited has been holding these “phigeon shoots,” where innocent pigeons have sharp pheasant tail feathers forced into their backs, and yet within one day, and working together, we all were able to stop this vicious shoot.
This is the power of your activism at work – everyone who called and spoke out helped save not only 2,000 pigeons whose horrific deaths were just two days away, but perhaps tens of thousands of pigeons in the years to come.
We also want to thank Ducks Unlimited for recognizing that this was an important issue and taking quick action to stop this atrocity from happening again.
If you’d like to thank them for stopping the pigeon shoot, please send a polite email to Dale Hall, CEO of Ducks Unlimited. DHall@ducks.org
In the following picture, you will see three birds that SHARK rescued at live pigeon shoots. We know, from having held these birds, and many more like them, that each of them is an individual living being who felt joy and suffering.
Thank you for helping us save 2,000 individual living beings just like these three.
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Good news….very good. Do you happen to know the location of the formerly proposed hunt? I wondered if it was the Pegins shoot in PA? Not sure I have the right word there…but you’re probably familiar with the one where Steve Hindi was assaulted and the drone was shot down by the hunters …..
The pigeon shoot you are referring to was in Hegins PA and was discontinued a number of years ago thanks to the efforts of people like Mr. Hindi. More recently, Hindi and his organization SHARK have been trying to shut down pigeon shoots outside Philadelphia. That’s where the photography-drone was shot down and Hindi was assaulted. This is a guy who has the persistency of a bulldog, is not afraid of taking direct action, and deserves financial support. Visit the SHARK website.
Thanks for the scoop
Stop stop stop hurt or kill the Animals stoppppp
Yes…”Hegins” Pigeon Shoot…..thanks, Geoff.
I didn’t realize it had been discontinued. This was the most recent article I could google:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/Pigeon_shooting_annually_targeted_by_lawmakers_has_little_Pa_support_poll_finds.html
Stop all of the killing… we humans have to be better than that.
I have emailed DU my thanks for NOT holding the cruel unnecessary pigeon massacre . Michele THE MORE YOU SAY, THE LESS PEOPLE REMEMBER. (Fenelon)