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Releasing White Doves

10,000 Birds

Reputable companies belong to the International White Dove Society or the National White Dove Release Society, organizations which set rules of conduct and ethics. Ethical businesses post notices on their websites stating that unless the released birds are properly trained and conditioned, they will not survive. Why do this?”.

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Predators Paid to Pester Problematic Pest Birds

10,000 Birds

No, not those Falcons from Atlanta. Organizations such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals argue, though, that this success comes at a steep price: captivity for the birds of prey, and potential collateral damage when raptors occasionally catch up to their target birds and, well, do what raptors do.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Georgia State University Atlanta, Aug. 10, 2007 Note from KBJ: By what right do we take these animals out of the wild? They're wild animals! Wild animals should be left alone. Please don't say that they were born in captivity. They're not like dogs and cats, which evolved with humans.