Beautiful pigeons

Beaux pigeons

Palomas hermosas

Beautiful pigeons

alhamam aljamil

Kauniit kyyhkyset

Bellissimi piccioni

Lindos pombos

Læs interviev med fotografen Andrew Garn hér.

Attitudes to pigeons

When talking to people who feel bothered by pigeons or expressing attitudes towards them, they often view the situation from one of two angles: an objective or a subjective one.

Den objektive vinkel er, at man konstaterer, at duers efterladenskaber ikke ser så godt ud, at rengøring skal gentages med mellemrum, og at løsninger som påklæbede pigge eller udspændte metaltråde er en udgift, som dog er acceptabel for langt de fleste ejendomsejere. De holder ikke for evigt og kan udgøre en fare for ikke kun duer, men også andre fuglearter – især hvis de (metaltrådene) ikke bliver vedligeholdt (se mere under Pigeon control).

Den subjektive vinkel er karakteriseret ved, at folk kritiserer duernes blotte eksistens: de udtrykker irritation over dem, de ser på dem som skadedyr, tror de er smittespredere og mangler empati i forhold til dyrene. Folk går uden dårlig samvittighed forbi en due, der enten er kommet til skade eller sidder syg hen, medens de aldrig ville passere en hund, der var i samme situation.

There are people who have compassion for the pigeons and who are happy with their presence, but they do not make up the majority. Unfortunately, there is little or no support from veterinarians or biologists to help these animals, who are already living incredibly hard and vulnerable lives. If you bring an injured pigeon to the vet, the only 'treatment' the vet usually provides is to kill the animal. Despite the fact that the pigeon with the right treatment and care in most cases can easily recover. In addition, many veterinarians have very little knowledge about the treatment of pigeons. It's a shame, because there are people who want to take care of a pigeon until it is healthy.

The pest control companies live high on myths about the dove as a disease-ridden animal, and they gladly and often make undocumented claims on their websites. Allegations that are allowed to stand unchallenged. Both the public and private sectors turn to the companies to solve 'problems' with so-called 'pests', and here the critical sense fails completely: the words of the pigeon fighters are allowed to stand unchallenged without the customer considering whether there might be financial reasons (they live by the fact that you believe their claims) for the companies to come up with all sorts of scary statements that often seem like the grip out of the blue air. Coming up with the same postulates about a number of other, more popular, animal species had never gone.

Due status
When the status of the pigeon has changed for the worse in the last many years, it is due to misinformation and the consequent lack of empathy and respect for the pigeon. As reasons for their aversion to pigeons, many mention the animals' remains. But do pigeons swine more than humans? And is it worse with pigeon droppings than the waste people leave everywhere in the form of plastic, paper, cardboard, leftover food, vomit, pee, cigarette butts, not to mention the dogs' leftovers. We do not find it nice, but we do not talk about killing or capturing for that reason. The pigeons walk around like little garbage men, picking up edibles. There are a few parents who teach their children that they should respect the pigeons and stop chasing them. Since we hate what we learn to hate, we pass on a completely distorted image of and a completely unreasonable attitude to some animals who are both exciting, trusting and who are fighting a hard battle for survival.