Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1907 — The Pigeons London Eats. [ARTICLE]

The Pigeons London Eats.

A description of the manner in which pigeons are brought over from Italy to the London market is unpleasant reading, especially for those who are in tile habit of eating the birds. During the journey, which occupies nearly three days, the pigeons are closely packed in crates and only once fed. The feeding takes place when they reach Paris. By that time a number are dead. These ar6 removed, and the survivors are fed, the birds being too young to feed themselves, “by men taking soft food into the mouth, opening the beak and blowing it into the gullet.” A day or so later pigeons, which are Imported at the rate of 8,000 to 10,000 a week, are served up as dainty dishes for our consumption. After this I Imagine that many people will cease to eat pigeons In any form unless assured that the birds do not come from Italy. —London Truth.