Come on out for National Pigeon Day in New York City!

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Saturday, June 13, 2009
Noon - 4 pm
Pilgrim Hill in Central Park
New York, NY
(enter on northwest corner of 5th Avenue & E. 72nd Street)
Come on out in honor of "New York's unofficial feathered mascot" (quoted in the New York Post)

Speakers, political activism, entertainment and material distribution.
Join us as we rally for the rights of birds, protest pigeon trafficking to Pennsylvania for the purposes of pigeon shoots, pigeon control methods and poaching, rigid feeding laws and hunting activities at places such as the Philadelphia Gun Club in Bensalem.

Committee of scheduled participants are the following (program description follows):
Sam Hack, Peter Pigeon of Snug Harbor, Christine L. Mott, Esq, The Humane Society of the United States, Amos Latteier, United Poultry Concerns, Norene Leddy, Charles Patterson, Fiona Walsh, The Vivian Girls Experience, Mark Caponigro, Jenny Bower, Raghav Goyal, Johanna Clearfield, Don Jenner, the Trachtenberg Family, Rachel Hirschfeld, Esq., Mindful Tails, Ted Enik, Arlene Steinberg, A.M. Richard Fine Art.

Copies of the book "Pigeon Woman and the Snagged Bag", by the author Sam Hack, will be given out.

The official national rollout of the award-winning illustrated book, Peter Pigeon of Snug Harbor will take place on National Pigeon Day, June 13, 2009. And its publishers, Rocky Hollow Press are putting together an exhibition of artwork from the book especially for the National Pigeon Day Ceremonies in Central Park. Ed Weiss, the author and illustrator will be there autographing books and discussing the intricacies of pigeon illustration.

Small samples of high quality bird feed and grit will be given out courtesy of Gail at The Pigeon Store (920 Wellwood Ave, Lindenhurst, L.I.); however, please respect Central Park rules and regulations:
Feeding of birds and other wildlife prohibited, and please do not litter.

Our NPD Mistress of Ceremonies will be Christine L. Mott, Esq., Member of the New York City Bar Association's Committee on Legal Issues Pertaining to Animals.

Scheduled participants are on the NPD blog.

Info/contact: nybirdclub@yahoo.com

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