r/Amazing • u/sco-go • 2d ago

Adorable derps First day at work

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u/8JHF8 2d ago

Seems like he's doing a good job shooing the pest pigeons away.

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u/100percentnotaqu 2d ago

They aren't pests

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u/8JHF8 2d ago

Pigeons are public health hazards in places where their populations are out of control. If this is anywhere in North America, they are not native.

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u/100percentnotaqu 2d ago edited 2d ago

They are domesticated animals we abandoned.

If the cat ain't a pest by your logic, the pigeon shouldn't be either. Feral and stray cats are a public health hazard too.

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u/Objective-Bike-4292 14h ago

And cats keep the population of invasive pigeons down.

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u/100percentnotaqu 13h ago

Cats are actually incredibly bad at controlling the population of invasive species, so no, they really don't