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Aldermen Helen Schiller and Danny Solis introduced a measure yesterday that would make feeding pigeons illegal. And the punishment would be up to $1,000 fine and six months in jail.
Their proposed legislation reads...
No person shall purposely provide food -- including, but not limited to grain, seeds, greens, bread crumbs and miscellaneous food scraps -- intended for pigeon ingestion on public property or property subject to the city right-of-way.
Solis says pigeons deuce everywhere, and that a well-fed pigeon can unleash 25 pounds of waste on the city a year. "It doesn't look good to have all of this fecal matter around a very beautiful monument," he said. For whatever it's worth, Alderman Solis, you could have ended that statement after "around." Monument, no monument; beautiful, not beautiful--not really the issue. (Or artists could start designing sculptures that need to be pooped on.)
Solis and Schiller say pigeons and rats go hand in hand--talon in paw?--and thus the birds pose a health risk to citizens. Looks like they won't be doin' the coo, coo pigeon any time soon.
Previously: You can't keep pigeons as pets, and no, feeding them isn't already illegal.
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is this what we elect our aldermen for? to keep those menacing pigeons under control? jeez...lazy, corrupt, dumb ass bastards.
maybe aldermen (gene lame-ass schulter, i'm looking at YOU) can do something in their specific wards? cause there's signs up in lincoln square that say feeding the pigeons comes with a $500 fine. and i've seen those signs in places downtown, too ...
How can they prove the food is "intended for pigeon ingestion"?
"You made eye contact with the bird, ma'am."
I lived in a building that had a pigeon problem in it's courtyard. They were everywhere- those nasty bastards were loud. Nothing like waking up in the middle of the night to the sound of pigeons screwing up a storm. Rats with wings!
When you criminalize pigeons, only criminals will have pigeons...
Don't feed the pigeons, feed ON the pigeons.
"Hi Pidge, here's my friend Perry the Peregrine Falcon."
do these people have anything better to do?
Don't you think bringing all these animals into line is important? Who knows what's next? Throwing dog poop? Where will the madness end?
I've proposed the public flogging of pigeon feeders for years. Nobody listens to me.
I wouldn't mind if these pigeon feeders would hold a citywide summit in front of Latin School.
As we know, it's a great school....for pigeons to POOP on.
Schiller represents an area that's ridden with crime, drugs and gangs and she's worried about the pigeons? I suppose I shouldn't be surprised given her unimpressive track record, but come on...
exactly the reason we need LESS aldermen
exactly the reason we need LESS aldermen