Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Email to a town council officer regarding poisoning of pigeons

From: ML
To: **** Singh (a town council senior property officer)
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 10:44 PM
Subject: Poisoning of pigeons

Dear Mr Singh

I have noticed on several occasions many dead pigeons in the vicinity of the pavilion and the koi pond between blocks 90 and 91. I learnt that this is the work of the Town Council with the help of the pest controllers.

While I understand that the Town Council is doing its best to manage the area, and I appreciate the effort put in and the work done, I definitely do not agree to the poisoning of the pigeons for whatever reason there may be.

There is a student care centre in the void deck of one of these blocks and a childcare centre at block 93, and this area is popular with these children as well as children who were brought there by their guardians or caregivers.

I am sure you would not want any of these children to be affected by the poison meant for the pigeons.

Not only that, it would be very distressing and traumatic for the children, at their tender age, to witness the death throes of the pigeons and ultimately their death en masse.

Furthermore, it is absolutely inhumane, and not an effective method to control the population of the pigeons in this manner, as I am sure you have experienced it yourself from the numerous poisoning sessions in the past.

I have included here a website,

http://www.picasuk.com/picasuk_services.html

that has information on controlling the population of pigeons in a humane manner. Not only that, the website also has information on the following :

The following can be found under the 'Media' link and from the headings alone, I am sure the Town Council can relate to the problems it faced and the consequences of the actions it has taken.