The tradition of pigeon feeding in Venice's St. Mark's Square is over

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I used to keep pigeons, for hunting dog training. I didn't shoot the birds, they were homing pigeons so I was able to reuse them without killing any. IMHO, I'm glad about the ban. Anyone who has kept any sort of bird knows one thing: they produce a lot of crap. I've always though of that square & how it is that you don't see at least a few people sprawled out on the keisters from slipping on the bird droppings. Heck, I've done with only keeping about 50 pigeons & that's with wood shavings on the floor. & don't worry, pigeons are resourceful creatures, they'll move on to a city who hasn't passed this type of ordinance.

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