NILES, Ill. (CBS) — Videos of a pigeon trapping in north suburban Niles has animal advocates crying foul.
The advocates say an out-of-state company scooped up dozens of the birds. They are concerned about how the pigeon abduction happened, and what happens next.
“We have never had anything like this before,” said Jacqueline Tsevis of Great Lakes Pigeon Rescue. “Nobody has ever called us on this.”
That’s Jacqueline Tsevis reacting to a video sent to her group, Great Lakes Pigeon Rescue, showing dozens of pigeons caught in a net in a Niles shopping center. In the video, someone was then seen taking the birds from the trap and collecting them in open containers.
“There was a removal team coming in and using nets that shoot out of like cannon guns, so they’re very large,” said Tsevis. “They shoot out, and they would cover a whole flock like this—hundreds at the same time.”
One of the big questions is why all this is even happening.