Along with cockroaches, pigeons -- known by the kind-hearted as rock doves, and by normal folks as rats with wings -- have flourished in urban environments, outwitting efforts at eradication with beady-eyed equanimity.
But they may finally have met their match in Hollywood, where residents frustrated at an "unmanageable" poop problem have arrived at an ingenious solution: spiking pigeon feeders with contraceptives.
The birth control product, called OvoControl P, contains a chemical called nicarbazin which keps pigeon eggs from hatching. It's even met with the approval of PETA and the Humane Society, who figure contraception is kinder than electrocution or poison.
The group leading the initiative, the Argyle Civic Association, say theirs the first such program in the nation. Other communities are no doubt waiting with bated breath to see what happens. It could be the best thing to come out of Hollywood in years.
Hollywood Pigeons to Be Put on the Pill [Associated Press]
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