Mayor Supports Pigeon Feeding Ban

By Special to the Sun | November 13, 2007

Mayor Bloomberg is giving a boost to Councilman Simcha Felder's efforts to ban people from feeding pigeons. "My recollection when I came into office, there was a ferret issue, which I very cleverly and tactfully avoided," the mayor said yesterday, referring to Mayor Giuliani's efforts to ban the pet rodent. "While I love animals and I love birds, we do have a lot of pigeons and they do tend to foul a lot of our areas and people would be better off not feeding the pigeons. Those that are here will find food and they just won't grow at such a rapid rate — we'll all probably be better off."

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I thought the left wing socialists liked the animals? According to the typical liberal they have more right to the... [MORE]

Nov 13, 2007 09:39

What about the punishment fitting the crime? This is a civil lawsuit just waiting to happen. [MORE]

Dennis - N. Carolina

Nov 13, 2007 10:55

Finally, someone in political office with some common sense. They are called wildlife for a reason so stop feeding them... [MORE]

Raymond Chandler

Nov 13, 2007 11:34

if these politicans love london so much then go live there. NY is not london, stop trying to make london... [MORE]

mayor goonberg

Nov 13, 2007 13:09

maybe if the birds were gay it would be okay.. new york is becoming a freaking nightmare, i am so... [MORE]

jerry

Nov 13, 2007 13:13

Typical for Mayor Bloomberg. He will support anything to increase the city's revenue. The fact that $1,000 is more than... [MORE]

Jack

Nov 13, 2007 17:37

To the writer of this article: Please do fact checking. Ferrets are NOT rodents, they are carnivores like cats and... [MORE]

Wiseferret

Nov 13, 2007 19:27

There are carnivores, they were domesticated to HUNT RATS, birds, lizzards and other small mamals. Just goes to prove you don't... [MORE]

Jean

Nov 14, 2007 00:00