Las Vegas Pigeons Saved From Painful Poison

January 2005

Thanks to pressure from PETA, a Las Vegas apartment complex stopped using Avitrol to kill pigeons and other birds. Avitrol is a potent poison that attacks and impairs birds’ nervous systems. Poisoned birds suffer from the slow shutdown of bodily functions for up to 15 hours before dying.

Read more about coexisting peacefully with wildlife.

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 Ingrid E. Newkirk

“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?” READ MORE

— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind