Don’t Release Domestic Doves

By Corey • July 29, 2009 • 2 comments

Whether it is a wedding or some other celebration if one wants to have pretty white birds released, well, why? And second of all, if you insist on releasing white birds, use a professional. Do not, as apparently happened in Queens this past weekend, do it yourself. The birds will suffer and die and that is not what your wedding or special event should be about, right?

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Corey

Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

2 Responses to “Don’t Release Domestic Doves”

Patrick Jul 29th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Same thing for butterfly releases. Releasing some farm raised Painted Ladies from who-knows-where is a bad idea. Plus, most of them are half-dead or half-frozen when you get them. At Beth’s cousin’s wedding, they released butterflies and they all just flew at the bride and groom and landed in their hair. It was awesome.
Kelly Aug 2nd, 2009 at 1:03 am
John Acorn who used to have that show called The Nature Nut did segment on his show on this topic once. That was a great show!

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