Pigeon Rescuers & Adopters, Animal lover Grady has passed away and his pigeons need our help. Approximately 100 birds in Mina, NV, used to being fed daily, currently being helped by  kind neighbor Jeff who is pulling the eggs he finds and reaching out for assistance. Who can help us help these pigeons? Please contact Elizabeth and/or Jeff to help! We need a sanctuary or farm or lots of adopters. (We’re connecting with Ovo-Control as well to further reduce their reproduction.)

Grady’s Pigeons

Guest Post by Jeff Barrow

I live in Mina, NV.  An elderly neighbor, Grady, hand raised pigeons for years here, but passed away a month ago.  He was a lover of all wild and domestic animals.  Cottontails, Jack Rabbits and Wild Burros flocked to him for his loving attention.

I helped the old gent for the last year or two to feed all of his beloved critters when he was too weak, and failing, but now have been in the process of placing all of the animals to help his widow, who is crippled with severe arthritis and cannot care for them.

I’ve already placed their 19 chickens, a turkey and three ducks, to local families and a ranch.  Then, adopting out 23 of their 34 cats (trapping feral cats that hunted his birds and placing them in an out-building) through the Sparks Humane Society, and a horse and four burros to a good legitimate equine rescue organization I used to work with.

We now need to find homes for about 100 pigeons, to avoid just letting them go to the wind… and coyotes, hawks, ravens, etc.  The folks in our small mining/RR town are not amenable to just letting them range.  One fellow here traps and eats them.

I also have to find homes for 7 remaining “barn” cats, not wild but not house friendly.  But, the pigeons are the hard ones.

Anything y’all can do to help me with this now seemingly daunting task – placing pigeons, which I know nothing about – would be gratefully appreciated.

Jeff Barrow

h 775-573-2535  c 916-201-5585
jrbarrow@iglide.net
P.O. Box 588  (Mailing ddress)
600 Front St  (Physical address)