What will we think of next? Hollywood, the city not the industry, has a pigeon problem, and they believe that they've come up with a solution. Of course, being on the far left coast, they had to come up with the most insane and yet humane method of dealing with the issue, and that led to the creation of the Pigeon Pill.
Given that too many Hollywood residents have been feeding the birds, there is an extremely large population of pigeons in and around Hollywood. This, of course, leads to all kinds of mess not the least of which is, surprisingly, pigeon mess. Rather than poison the birds, have hunters shoot the birds, install spikes on rooftops, or put in electric shock gates, the city has elected to continue feeding the birds with food laced with a Pigeon Birth Control Pill. I'm sure that this is going to cost millions more than a couple of boxes of shotgun shells and will definitely take a much longer time, but at least everyone can feel good about themselves while they sit on pigeon poop covered park benches watching the birds amorously hump each other to death with no hope of ever having offspring. Just take a look at the picture associated with this article to see what I mean.
The plan, while a little questionable in my mind, projects the pigeon population will be cut in half by 2012. I expect that the pigeons will figure out the game before then and either we'll see a dramatic increase in pigeon promiscuity ("Mommy, what's that gang of pigeons doing to the little one?") translating into out-of-town pigeons visiting just to party (much like Hollywood for adults), or the birds will start eating elsewhere. Either way, I think the pigeon pooper scoopers will be in business for a long time.
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