Australian Craziness

[2Poor_sh2Furious]

This whole story is wild.

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-australia-55660592

A man with "bird" in his surname, finds an American pigeon in his backyard in Australia. Turns out it's a... race.... pigeon. That left from Oregon and is owned by a guy in Alabama. And because Australia is a country of monsters they will humanely destroy the bird lol

I completely understand and am joking about Australia but the story is still legendary.

[ibRAD]

@poor_sh Give 'im the boot!

[Just Jeepin']

To invert the story, I discovered a cockatiel in my yard many years ago.

Fairly confident it didn't fly there from Australia, however.

(It promptly died, but I did not humanely destroy it out of quarantine concerns.)

[Just Jeepin']

@ibrad Oh, man, all-time favorite Simpsons moment.

[WhoIsTheLeader]

@poor_sh "The only possible outcome to manage the biosecurity risk is humane destruction of the bird."

[Chariotoflove]

@poor_sh well it could be contagious. after all, it’s pretty clear the bird flew.

[Qaaaaa]

Good luck catching one specific pigeon... those fuckers are quick

[2Poor_sh2Furious]

@qaaaaa lol yup especially a race pigeon

[ibRAD]

@qaaaaa said in Australian Craziness:

Good luck catching one specific pigeon... those fuckers are quick

Quick, but not quicker than birdshot!

[Qaaaaa]

@ibrad Yeah but they don't have guns there

[ibRAD]

@qaaaaa Sure they do. How do you figure?

[2Poor_sh2Furious]

@ibrad they do, but is that a humane way to destroy the bird?

[2Poor_sh2Furious]

@chariotoflove said in Australian Craziness:

@poor_sh well it could be contagious. after all, it’s pretty clear the bird flew.

I hate you lol

[ibRAD]

@poor_sh I think so, but that is my opinion and I am not a veterinarian.

Definitely more humane than the boot!

[Qaaaaa]

@ibrad Mostly a joke since they've got pretty strict gun laws, game wardens definitely still have them though.

[beefchips]

@qaaaaa said in Australian Craziness:

Good luck catching one specific pigeon... those fuckers are quick

https://cdn1.kontraband.com/uploads/videos/2019/12/28/6c2c3c64.mp4

[SilentbutnotreallyDeadly]

@poor_sh last I heard is that the leg ring is a fake and the pigeon is safe. Given it's feral I'd have shot it anyway...

[trivet]

@chariotoflove said in Australian Craziness:

@poor_sh well it could be contagious. after all, it’s pretty clear the bird flew.