Inquirer Editorial: Caged birds aren't singing to be targets
A pigeon shoot participant fires at a bird in Schuylkill County.GALLERY: A pigeon shoot participant fires at a bird in Schuylkill… (File photo )
Posted: March 07, 2013
If someone kidnapped puppies and kittens, tied ropes around their necks, stuffed them into tiny boxes, and then released them to be shot at close range, it would be considered intolerably cruel. But substitute pigeons for puppies, and it's tolerated as a biweekly sporting event in Berks County.
Astonishingly, pigeon shoots are still going on in Pennsylvania, and game officials have done little to stop them. Even though bills to explicitly outlaw the hideous practice have been repeatedly introduced in the legislature over the years, none has progressed beyond committee approval.
