A 1957 interview with a Westmount official named Williams, written up by the semi- legendary Alain Stanke, revealed that the city had been sneaking around shooting pigeons dead. The crew had tried catching the feathered beasts in traps and giving them to the SPCA but the aviary Westmount wannabes were released and kept returning to the lovely urban suburb. Guys would discreetly go around revoke the birdy citzenship through the use of 22 guns and pick them off rooftops or wherever they could get 'em. The mayor at the time, I believe, was a certain Colonel Tucker.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Westmount.... where pigeons eat lead
A 1957 interview with a Westmount official named Williams, written up by the semi- legendary Alain Stanke, revealed that the city had been sneaking around shooting pigeons dead. The crew had tried catching the feathered beasts in traps and giving them to the SPCA but the aviary Westmount wannabes were released and kept returning to the lovely urban suburb. Guys would discreetly go around revoke the birdy citzenship through the use of 22 guns and pick them off rooftops or wherever they could get 'em. The mayor at the time, I believe, was a certain Colonel Tucker.
Too bad they didn't get all the flying feathered rats.
ReplyDeleteThe ad below the newspaper article for ARESVILLE is interesting. Why don't you find out what is happening there now? Seems like it is a bit east of the Pie IX bridge in Laval.
ReplyDeleteYeah, what anon said. I once popped out of Guy metro and couldn't believe my eyes when I walked by the Norm Bethune park. I mean there were MILLIONS of those disgusting flying rats everywhere. It was horrendous, destroyed the park and made it absolutely unusable (probably for centuries to come) and was clearly not safe. Here in Kelowna I've only ever seen pigeons twice. Both in the same place and each time in groups of less than 20. I'm guessing the eagles and hawks keep them away.
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