Queens Pigeon Found Painted Purple

2008_08_pigeon.jpgA pigeon painted purple picked up on a playground may not pull through what appears to be a pitiless prank. The four month-old bird remains flightless in Animal Care and Control after being rescued Thursday in Long Island City. Animal lover Joe Mora picked up the pigeon and tried feeding it while asking the group that had gathered around the strangely-colored bird if anyone knew how to clean paint from its beak and feathers. The dye job appears to be intentional, but no one yet knows for certain how the paint got there.

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"The dye job appears to be intentional"

Nice work Sherlock...

I hope this was an isolated incident. We don't need the Mod Squab.

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Aww... did we forget that we use pigeons for batting practice? I wonder if the sympathizers would mind if a helpless purple pigeon were to shit on their cars, eat their garbage, and infect their babies.

Nanny State..
Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding!!!!!
Gotta love it.

Anyone else think the color looks to be the same as the paint The Splasher uses?

Good use of the letter P in the first sentence. I could read that sentence many times before getting bored.

So is this how you get rid of pigeons?

Aww... did we forget that we use pigeons for batting practice? I wonder if the sympathizers would mind if a helpless purple pigeon were to shit on their cars, eat their garbage, and infect their babies.
Someone clearly infected you as a baby with a severe lack of empathy with other living creatures.

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