Poop on the Patriots and the Bengals this weekend

[G. Host]

Cincinnati urges Bengals to resist shooting pigeons
The city manager told Paul Brown Stadium officials Friday that they would need to exhaust other alternatives before any permission would be granted to shoot pigeons that are pooping on Bengals fans' head — and in their food and beer — during games.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/footb...-pigeons_N.htm

And of course PETA is involved.

[LtFinFan66]

Those birds are the weeds of the bird world

[mybills]

"Brown said no shooting would take place on game days."

No, really? duh!

As gross as pigeons are, they are very intelligent birds. I would allow the experts to handle them instead of shooting them. I watched a show on them before, and it was about studying their habits. According to those studies, there's a reason they chose that stadium. Maybe they should look into that reason first.

[Cntrygal]

Bengals Fight Stadium's Pooping Pigeons

The owners of the stadium where the Cincinnati Bengals play have withdrawn a request seeking city approval to shoot pigeons that have been pooping on fans during games.

Eric Brown, managing director of Paul Brown Stadium, said in a letter to the city manager that officials are going to "continue to explore various alternatives to dealing with this patron issue."

City Manager Milton Dohoney on Friday granted permission to shoot the birds if other methods to discourage the pigeons didn't succeed.

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