Karma does in fact have a strange way of working itself out.
This example comes in the form of last weekend’s Quadrangle Festival in Texarkana Texas where dying pigeons fell from the sky, dampening the mood at the festival.
According to news reports, the pigeons were poisoned by the downtown branch of Capital One in an attempt at nuissance control. So, when the birds began to fall from the sky at this Capital One sponsored event, Capital One found itself with some explaining to do.
Of course, Capital One didn’t do this on their own, they hired out the dirty work to a pest control company. In response to questions about the poisioning, Jarrod Horton, president of Anti-Pest Co. stated that “…unfortunately sometimes the side effects are the birds might have convulsions or the birds might die…”.
Really, you think so?!?
Here are some fetival patron quotes from the Texarkana Gazette article:
“What is this telling our kids? If we killed them (animals), we would get a ticket or a fine. We raise our kids to protect these animals and they come and poison them,” said Martin. “What other animals could they kill in the process of doing this?”
“I saw the pigeon nose dive the concrete,” Flanagan said. “It just kind of hobbled over and around and sat there and twitched.”
Another man at the festival, who declined to give his name, said, “They threw a dead one over there in the bushes (along the wall across from the front of the Perot). They’re just flying around here and falling out of the sky.”
I am shocked that such little value is placed on life, but am encouraged by the fact that these innocent little guys used their last breath to rain on Capital One’s ‘parade’.
I encourage you to let Capital One know how you feel about animal cruelty and the poisoning of pigeons.
Their information is:
Capital One
Downtown - Texarkana
100 West Broad Street
Texarkana, TX 75501
(903) 838-2000
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