Following PETA’s groundbreaking exposé and in response to the detailed complaint submitted to authorities, local police have raided the largest pigeon racing club in Taiwan, brought club officials to the station for questioning, confiscated thousands of dollars, as well as computers and other equipment used for races, and frozen nearly $4 million dollars of apparent illegal gambling proceeds in the club’s bank account. The tens of thousands of bird deaths per racing season are still being investigated by authorities for violation of Taiwan’s cruelty-to-animals laws. It was raining pigeons—literally. I’ve never seen such a scene. Every one of them crashed onto the boat. … Some crashed into the ocean. … About one hour after the pigeon rain, you could see the whole surface of the ocean filled with dead pigeons.” —Taiwanese fishing boat captain More than a million homing pigeons die every year during Taiwan’s seasonal pigeon races, grueling sets of seven races over open ocean from ever-increasing distances. Young birds, not even a year old, are shipped out to sea, released in the middle of the ocean and forced to fly back home even in the midst of typhoon-strength winds. Most often, less than 1 percent of these highly intelligent birds complete each seven-race series; many drown from exhaustion, perish in the storms, or are killed afterward for being too slow. Read more: peta.org/action/action-alerts/fiRead more: peta.org/action/action-alerts/first-ever-taiwan-raid-police-bust-pigeon-racers/#ixzz3HvwtyupL.
Posted on: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 17:51:57 +0000
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