Beth,Barry, and my other friends,
This is the response from the Executive Director of the NYC Audubon Society. This is not acceptable. The Audubon, ASPCA, Animal Care and Control....none even know someone who knows someone who can help? Wow.? (tree pix will come so I am still a 'viable' member!) Here is the response from him. My letter to him is underneath: "How awful. Really ought to be illeagal, if it isn't. Wish we could find the perpetrators and make them pay for it. Don't know if I can help, we're struggling ourselves to make payroll and pay rent this year... I'll ask around." On 7/29/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Glenn, > To introduce myself, my name is Jennifer Dudley and I am a volunteer urban > bird rescuer for New York City Pigeon Rescue Central (www.nycprc.org). > > There is a crisis in Queens in Flushing Meadow Park. Over 60 ringneck doves > were found abandoned there on Saturday, July 25. There was probably a > celebration the previous night which involved the release of these birds. As > they are not homing pigeons, they had no idea where to go or what to do > after. > > Our all-volunteer group has only been able to rescue 25 so far. We do not > have the necessary traps to rescue the remaining 45 more quickly. > Neighborhood residents and children have picked up a few as well. Some have > give them to us, some are keeping them. Several of these doves are > fledglings. Others are albino therefore cannot see very well. > > We have plenty of licensed rehabbers waiting to care for them, if we could > only rescue them all.?We are trying to raise money to hire professionals to > help us. Can you recommend an organization/business? We do not want these > birds to fall into the wrong hands once again. > > The ASPCA cannot help us and the ACC does not have any expertise with bird > rescue. Despite all the comments in the NYPost piece, no help has been > forthcoming (The ACC caught one I think and another that was given to them > by someone outside our organization was euthananized.) > > Here are links below with information.? > NYTimes:?http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/real-doves-for-the-i-do-its-best-if-you-dont/#comment-484411 NYPost: http://www.nypost.com/seven/07282009/news/regionalnews/tragic_doves_left_at_altar_181723.htm > My video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i40ghHBY5Q > My > pix:http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-eZ1pCHOepbmSVsDDUqe1A?feat=directlink > Please contact me as soon as possible about this. ?We need experienced > dove/bird trappers who can work with us ASAP.? > > Thank you very much, > Jennifer Dudley > > 211 7th Ave. #3 > NY, NY ?10011 > 917-355-7550 > [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Beth Koebel <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, Jul 29, 2009 12:35 am Subject: [ENTS] Re: help me with doves in trees! Jenny, ? Is there a bird sanctuary anywhere close?? Have you asked the Zoos there for help?? Have you tried contacting the Audubon Society? ? Beth Trees are the answer.--bumper sticker from Illinois Forest Association --- On Tue, 7/28/09, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote: From: JennyNYC <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] help me with doves in trees! To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 6:42 PM ENTS, Do you know anybody that has ever trapped dove sized birds? There are 45 ringneck doves that are roosted in trees in a small park in Queens, NYC. They were released at some event and, being doves not homing pigeons, they just flew to the nearest trees. It's horrifying. 20 have been rescued -? they are the weak, injured and babies (yes, they used babies). 4 have died. They've been out there for 5 days now. They are terrified and have no idea how to fend for themselves. They will eat the seeds we put on the ground only if we are more than 20 ft. away. We have many rehabbers that will care for them. And one guy in our rescue group offered financial help. Are there people that trap birds professionally? This is beyond our capabilities as a small volunteer rescue group and there is NO SERVICE in NYC that seems to know how to help, despite press (see links). I'm sorry to post this non-tree discussion (they like roosting in the white pines - good visibility), but I'm so sick in my heart about this. Jenny links: New York times: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/real-doves-for-the-i-do-its-best-if-you-dont/ My pictures: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i40ghHBY5Q My video: http://picasaweb.google.com/JennifDudley/RingneckDovesFlushingMeadowPark?feat=directlink --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
