Urban pigeons are often persecuted with lethal control methods that fail to reduce populations, while humane alternatives including contraception show greater long-term effectiveness.
Pigeons in urban areas are often viewed as pests and subject to cruel control methods including poisoning, trapping, and shooting that cause suffering without solving the perceived problem. These birds are sentient animals capable of suffering, and evidence-based contraception programs achieve the population management goals that lethal methods fail to deliver.