We need a debate in Parliament about pigeon abuse. Will your MP help?
My MP hopes to speak about pigeons during the current session of Parliament, which ends on 30 March 2023.
Can you help?
Please also ask your MP to bring the matter of pigeon abuse to the attention of Parliament, to get this matter debated and the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 enforced, to protect pigeons.
Pigeons are horribly abused in parks and public places. People are threatened for defending them. This endangers Public Health and Safety and ruins our quiet enjoyment of parks and other public places - which should be places for everyone to enjoy.
Abusing pigeons is illegal under The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which makes it an offence to harm any wild bird, including pigeons.
This law is not enforced. Cruelty to pigeons is ignored by everyone with the power to stop it. Pigeons were not abused in the past, and should not be abused now.
Let’s bring this injustice to the attention of Parliament. Pigeon abuse must be the subject of a debate in Parliament, and a full, independent public enquiry.
We all deserve abuse-free parks and public places.
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Ask the PM to enforce the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which “protects” all wild birds.
The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP,
Prime Minister
10 Downing Street. London SW1A 2AA.
2. Ask the Rt Hon Therese Coffey, Secretary of State for DEFRA, to outlaw cruelty to pigeons under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
defra.helpline@defra.gov.uk
3. Tell your MP that we need a debate in Parliament about pigeon abuse - and an independent Public Enquiry.
4. Contact HM The King.
Explain that women who defend pigeons are threatened. The Queen Consort has a special interest in protecting women from abuse.
His Majesty The King
Buckingham Palace
London SW1A 1AA
5. Ask the Department for Education to teach children kindness to pigeons. This should be on the National Curriculum.
https://www.gov.uk/contact-dfe
6. Ask the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood, (Prince William and Kate), to teach children to respect pigeons.
https://royalfoundation.com/early-childhood/
7. Contact media, newspapers, TV, schools, colleges.
8. Share this petition with RSPB, RSPCA, PETA, ASWA, Animal Aid, Royal British Legion, and the National Trust.
9. Please sign the German petition below, in defence of pigeons.
10. Please Share our petition! Let’s reach 15,000 signatures.
11. Hear the song, “Please be Nice to Pigeons”:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWbqyExGnGk
12. “In Defence of Pigeons” describes the plight of pigeons, following the media campaign against them, starting in 2001. Hitherto, pigeons had been loved as heroes and lifesavers of war.
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/in-defence-of-pigeons?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB
Many thanks.
It is time for pigeon abuse to become unfashionable, and something which nobody does any longer.