We have one of those in Denver, but the PETA people became irate when the feathery farrier began to use iron for the pigeon shoes. The shoes (which are so heavy the birds cannot fly, thus making them unable to get up onto the monuments to befoul them)were originally put on with tiny little nails, but now they're trying a cyanoacrilate (Crazy) glue.

PETA has proposed that we provide little purple outhouses which the pigeons would be trained to use instead of crapping on the golden dome of the State Capitol Building. Purple is apparently the only color that pigeons can distinguish. They also want us to provide solar or some other renewable energy form for keeping these things warm during the winter. I imagine that you will be hearing more about these purple pooper heaters in the not-so-distant future.


TEd