Comments on: Prettier Pigeons?

By: Lindsey Schuyler

Lindsey Schuyler — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 02:00:00 +0000

Anyone that has a problem with this obviously does not live in a city infested with these disgusting things, nuke 'em all!

By: mlle p

mlle p — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:06:00 +0000

One can dye a dog with Jell-o or something similar that is non-toxic, but this says they "spray-painted" the birds, which is awful. The fumes of spray paint are terrible to anyone and they could have done a photography show where they colored the birds only in the pictures, which would have made the same artistic point without harming them.

By: Eliza

Eliza — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 23:20:00 +0000

Ha! The irony of this was just too much with the other posts worrying about the exploitation of some dumb pigeons for arts sake and here you are sharing a little story about a lilac bird lightening your day. What about being concerned about the exploitation of human beings by making their poverty a spectacle and selling tickets for the show?

That said, there are bigger problems than someone coloring birds. Take slums for example, or slum tours.

By: Bisbee704

Bisbee704 — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 22:12:00 +0000

Not a fan. And to the person who said it's not the same as catching birds in the wild...it's exactly like that! These birds live in cities...and we don't know what effect this change in color will mean to their existence.

By: charlotte bentley

charlotte bentley — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 17:49:00 +0000

I'm not so sure about the animal cruetly issue, but I'd certainly light up when I saw a blue pigeon!
I'll never forget when I went on a slum tour in Dharavi, Mumbai (the largest slum in Asia), and in the commercial shopping area, a birdhouse sat perched on a tree. There was a pale lilac pigeon!! I don't think it was spray painted either. Perhaps it was a domestic bird that escaped, but it did light up my day.

Charlotte
http://www.charlottespiderlashes.blogspot.com

By: 4jsc

4jsc — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 20:46:00 +0000

Sounds like cruelty to me. Apparently Italian pidgeons have no one to protect them against thoughtless, inhumane "artists". I'd bet they wouldn't get away with that here. The animal rights communities are far too present.

By: Anna-Maria Turcato

Anna-Maria Turcato — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 19:47:00 +0000

Dear Alice I'm definitely with you. Thank you for explain it so well.

By: Mfergie889

Mfergie889 — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 18:04:00 +0000

Spray painting a pigeon? That is really sad. I hope the animal's are ok...and as a lover of animals I am disappointed that ITG is giving these creeps any positive publicity.

By: Barla

Barla — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 14:15:00 +0000

Hey Alice, I couldn't agree more. I feel like the artists message gets lost in just "pretty" colours. With the rich history we have with Pigeons, there are so many other themes one could pull on to show this animal in a meaningful way... Happy long weekend!

By: Adele.

Adele. — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 12:03:00 +0000

This is terrible. Does anyone think of what affect this could have on how the pigeons mate/interract with other pigeons?
These particular ones may be passed over entirely for mating just because of the colour, bright things in nature are usually the dangerous or poisiounous things.
Think you should rethink this post - even if the paint is alright on them (which i highly doubt) you're probably irreprably damaging their social interractions. Art should only be able to go so far before it interferes with another species.