Outlaw all pigeon shoots in Pennsylvania
Patriot-News Op-Ed By Patriot-News Op-Ed
April 30, 2011
BY WAYNE PACELLE
For decades, compassionate and thoughtful residents have pressed Pennsylvania lawmakers to outlaw live pigeon shoots. These displays of wanton, stomach-churning cruelty have no reasonable justification — and each year the national spotlight of shame shines brighter on the state Capitol in Harrisburg.
pigeons.jpgPa. is the only state that currently allows shooting of live pigeons for target practice.
Perhaps these events, in which live animals are used as living targets in so-called sporting matches, occur elsewhere in the shadows of American life. But there is no question that Pennsylvania reigns supreme as the place where this senseless slaughter occurs openly, year after year.
