Activists Squawk About Pigeon Stunt
Insurance company Scottish Life International of Edinburgh sought to promote investment opportunities by delivering boxed homing pigeons to news organizations, offering a case of Scotch whiskey to the one whose pigeon got back first.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was not amused, nor was the Royal Pigeon Racing Assn.
“I can’t understand why a responsible organization would send live birds to people without asking them first if they wanted them,” association spokeswoman Beatrice Penn said.
The company’s public relations firm said all the birds returned safely. The animal rights group said it was having four of them examined by a veterinarian.
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