Activists Protest Live Pigeon Light Show
782 views · Published 19 May 2016 · 2:15 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Their Turn · 2016 · Nonprofits & Activism
Though pigeons have poor vision in the dark and fly only during the day, artist Duke Riley is attaching LED lights onto the legs of 2,000 of the birds and forcing them into the air at night, potentially subjecting them to stress, disorientation and drowning in the frigid water below. The Animal Cruelty Exposure Fund in NYC staged a protest