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Residents of Linyuan District in Kaohsiung enjoy feeding the pigeons that often flock toward a local temple. However, not every feeder is well-intentioned. Over the weekend, it appeared that someone had attempted to cull the pigeons, feeding them rice grains laced with a highly toxic pesticide. As many as 24 pigeons died immediately. The police have identified the suspect.

Numerous pigeons linger at the temple square. Pedestrians are seen taking their kids to feed them. One woman appears to do the same, casting a handful of bird feed to the ground from a scooter and drives off soon afterward. The pigeons seem to have adverse effects after ingesting her bird feed.

Local resident
Linyuan District, Kaohsiung
My kid asked me why the pigeons were lying on the ground and sleeping. I replied that pigeons don’t sleep lying down, they sleep on their legs, squatting. I didn’t think much about it at the time.

Eyewitness
Linyuan District, Kaohsiung
The old lady was fully covered. She had a cup around this size. She cast the contents and pigeons went over to eat. In just a moment the pigeons started dropping like flies splat splat splat.

The pigeons that were about to take flight collapsed, while others lay on the ground and struggled to get up. Soon afterward, as many as 24 pigeons died. An eyewitness called the police.

Eyewitness
Linyuan District, Kaohsiung
It’s truly atrocious. What if little kids touch the ground unknowingly then put their hand in the mouth? Just look at these pigeons. They were just about to fly off but they all fell.

Local resident
Linyuan District, Kaohsiung
It’s Lannate. People used to lace feeds with it. It’s a type of pesticide and highly toxic.

The incident took place at the square in front of Linyuan Guangying Temple in Kaohsiung. Locals believe that the residual rice grains were cast by the woman. The grains had traces of powder on it, believed to be pesticide. Some posited that the woman was motivated to kill the pigeons because they’d blocked her from parking.

Local resident
Linyuan District, Kaohsiung
It might be because the pigeons usually don’t give way to cars that want to park over there. They were probably poisoned.

Voice of Chen Wei-chih
Kaohsiung City Animal Protection Office
We’ve sampled the pigeon carcasses and laced feed. We’ll also run a test later.

The city’s animal protection office is conducting toxin tests on the pigeons and rice grains. But they’ve yet to determine whether the woman was indeed the instigator, as there were also other pigeon feeders before her. Mass killing of animals is a criminal offense punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment and finable up to NT$5 million. The police have already tracked down the woman and in the process of filing the case with prosecutors.

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