Are we a Nation Of Animal Lovers?
The Prime Minister, in his appeal to Parliament, on Holocaust Memorial Day, 27 January 2021, promised to -
“Fight against all forms of hatred and prejudice, wherever they are found!”
Let’s fight against hatred and prejudice towards pigeons!
The Prime Minister must have had pigeon abuse in mind when he made this speech. Stand together against this cruelty Hatred, Prejudice and Speciesism towards pigeons!
Let’s take up the Prime Minister’s challenge - by
Respecting pigeons at home and school -
- Re-educating children to respect pigeons, and all creatures. They are beautiful beings.
Action - parents, adults, supervisors and teachers.
- Recognising pigeons as Sentient Beings, and giving them full, specific protection under the government’s new Animal Welfare Sentience laws and Action Plan for Animal Welfare.
Action - The Prime Minister and our MPs in Parliament.
Prince William and Kate launched The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood to “drive awareness of, and action on, the extraordinary impact of the early years, changing what we think and do on early childhood, in order to transform society for generations to come.”
The website link is: royalfoundation.com
They surely had pigeons in mind, when they set up the Royal Foundation Centre! Ask the Royal Foundation Centre to teach children to be kind to pigeons. No child should be taught to hate! What we teach children in the early years stays with them. The early years are so important. Contact - royalfoundation.com
Action - The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood
2. Ask the Prime Minister to respond to our petition, and keep his heartwarming promise, made on Holocaust Memorial Day, to the House of Commons, to “fight against ALL forms of hatred and prejudice, wherever they are found”, by outlawing pigeon abuse and giving pigeons full and specific protection under the law. Draft letter is below.
Dear Prime Minister
Please respond to our petition to “Stop the Abuse of Pigeons in Parks, gardens and streets and protect pigeons by law”, sent to you on 21 September 2021. We need your reply, because we are trying to fight against hatred and prejudice, too!
Please keep your promise, made to the House of Commons on Holocaust Memorial Day, to “fight against all forms of hatred and prejudice, wherever they are found” by outlawing and stopping pigeon abuse in parks and public places, and giving pigeons full, specific protection under the Animal Welfare Sentience laws and Action Plan for Animal Welfare. This is urgent, to save anyone else being injured or threatened, if they try to defend pigeons from abuse.
Please reply to the 11,211 + people who have signed this petition. We need you to act. Pigeon abuse is speciesism. Like all abuse, it damages our way of life. It is not acceptable for this to continue in the U.K. today.
3. Sign and share my petition. The link is below:-
4. Sing along to song, “Please be Nice to Pigeons”:-
Share it with children and young people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWbqyExGnGk
5. Suggest that your MP vote to protect pigeons, effectively and specifically, under the Animal Welfare Sentience laws and Action Plan for Animal Welfare, at:-
writetothem.com
Saving thousands of lives in wartime, as messengers, pigeons are our unsung heroes of war. 32 pigeons won the PDSA Dickin Medal for their outstanding wartime service and sacrifice.
Wartime pigeons were carried on planes, ships and submarines and if a vessel came under attack, a pigeon would be sent out to seek help, with a message attached to its leg. Risking their own lives, and often wounded, pigeons saved the lives of stranded soldiers, sailors, airmen, and civilians. Trained to fly by night, they could reach speeds of a mile a minute. In Italy, Pigeon GI Joe flew with a message, which saved an entire town from being bombed.
Over 60 animals received the Dickin Medal, including 18 dogs, three horses and one cat. But pigeons still rule, with 32 being awarded medals, between 1943 and 1949.
6. See the video, at the link below, which describes how pigeon, Cher Ami, flew for miles, although seriously wounded, and saved hundreds of soldiers during WW1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s4O9C-GxiU
7. Read the book, “Pigeon Hero” by Shirley Raye Redmond, about pigeon GI Joe, who saved a whole town in Italy from being bombed, by flying with a message attached to his leg. This book, for children, is beautifully illustrated and presented.
8. Suggest to the Royal British Legion that they celebrate pigeons’ heroic wartime role, serving alongside the armed forces and saving thousands of human lives, in their Remembrance Commemorations. This would give pigeons a better public image, and help stop the cruelty towards them.
Contact - https://www.britishlegion.org.uk
9. Today pigeons are homeless and wander around looking for food and shelter. How about this idea?
Suggest to your MP that pigeon houses be built, similar to ones in parts of Germany, to give pigeons a home, protection from abuse, and so that they can provide guano for use as a fertiliser. This guano is highly prized by organic farmers and gardeners today. Pigeon houses could give pigeons a whole new role in life in a greener world for us all!
Let’s raise the profile and status of pigeons by building them houses!
Surely we can scale the “wall of silence” surrounding pigeon abuse.
Pigeons are our unsung heroes of war who helped to save our nation and win freedom from tyranny. Pigeons’ lives matter! We must not betray their trust!
“Surely pigeons are not abused! Not today - not in the U.K.”
Thank you.