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Releasing White Doves

10,000 Birds

Wildlife rehabilitators constantly receive lost racing pigeons who are starving, riddled with lice, and suffering from coccidia, trichinosis, or worms. Mine are always found near the local funeral home,” says Maureen Eiger, in Virginia. “I After a few days they will die of starvation, unless a predator gets them first. And weddings?

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Glue Trapped

10,000 Birds

Sentient people recoil at the idea of leg-hold traps, those medieval–torture devices which cause so much pain and suffering before their victims eventually die, are killed, or (very occasionally) are rescued. Glue traps: For compassion’s sake, please do not set, place, or hang them. Here’s why.