Print
E-mail
Share
digg
Newsvine
Facebook
Stumble
Technorati
reddit
Fark
twitterLetter: Pigeon cruelty is unnecessary
Tuesday, July 18, 2000 | 9:42 a.m.
To ease the "pigeon problem" Las Vegas plans to trap the pigeons first, then hire some maladjusted characters to systematically wring the necks of thousands of these birds. This is not from a Stephen King horror novel, folks -- this is reality.
This plan just hit the Los Angeles newspapers and also the Chicago Tribune, and my friends and relatives have my phone ringing off the hook. They are shocked and appalled and once again are asking me "how can you stand to live in Las Vegas?" I'm beginning to wonder myself.
Isn't it odd that Chicago, a "real" city, has managed to co-exist with pigeons for a hundred years -- yet it was just voted the cleanest downtown area in the country? If this unnecessary cruelty disgusts you, please voice your protests to City Hall -- 229-6011.
RUTH DI MAGGIO
archive
- Most Read
- Discussed
- Most E-mailed
- Pinnacle CEO resigns after meeting confrontation
- As earnings fall, Riviera unsure if bankruptcy can be avoided
- Trial set for parents of boy, 4, who died in hot vehicle
- Scientology foe’s arrest raises issue of rights
- Wynn Resorts to begin paying shareholder dividend
- Miguel Cotto camp says big cut in June fight an asset now
- Las Vegas home prices, sales rise in October
- If you can rebuild the whole car, then why not allow an engine change?
- NY-NY sues Calif. man alleging trademark infringement
- Cada cherishes moment as poker’s youngest champ
Blogs
High School Sports Scene
Prep Football: Week 12 Picks
The Kats Report
Of tanking, drugs and 'Slim': In 'Open,' Andre Agassi beats the odds
Robin Leach's Las Vegas Celebrity Watch
Who are the Final Four on Dancing With the Stars?
Politics: Ralston's Flash
Drugs bring Nevada governor, first lady back together (3 Comments)
Elsewhere
Macau's gambling industry faces nightmare of water rationing (3 Comments)
Top Chef: Las Vegas
Top Chef Odds Week 11: And then there were six
Politics: The Early Line
Rep. Berkley livens health care debate with story of her own (1 Comment)
Calendar »
- 11 Wed
- 12 Thu
- 13 Fri
- 14 Sat
- 15 Sun
-
Days of the New at Wasted Space
Wasted Space | 10 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
-
DJ Boris at Godskitchen
Body English | 10:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
-
Holding on to Sound at Beauty Bar
Beauty Bar | 10 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
-
Rockabilly Wednesay at Revolution Lounge
Beatles Revolution Lounge | 10 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
The Sun
Locally owned and independent for more than 50 years.
