Unbeknownst to many, a pigeon holocaust apparently swept across Woodlands Avenue 1 recently — but thanks to Calvin Teo and his satirical hyperbole, the issue of mass pigeon culling in the neighbourhood was made aware.
According to an emotional Facebook post, Teo rants against the authorities’ recent exercise in pigeon extermination, arguing against such coldly calculated moves as “all creatures created are sacred”.
“Do these authorities only have superficial intelligence and are unable to find more constructive or harmonious solutions? Are their hearts so challenged that they realize not the special place in hell they have created for themselves? Is such mediocrity an acceptable standard we want for our public service?”
In case you don’t notice, Teo feels very strongly against the heavy-handed operation upon the pigeons. To be fair, the National Environment Agency (NEA) and the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) have been doing this for years every time they receive complaints about birds being noisy. Last year alone, AVA received 2,490 complaints about pigeons over hygiene, bird shit and other concerns over diseases.
Mass culling (through poisoned bait) is the knee-jerk reaction to residents’ grumblings — and also the very measure that folks like Teo and many others before him feel strongly against.
