of peta offers $2,000 reward for information on blow-gun shootings of pigeons

PETA offers $2,000 reward for information on blow-gun shootings of pigeons in downtown Seattle: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals announced today it is offering a $2,000 reward for information on one or more shooters involved in impaling pigeons in downtown Seattle with metal darts.[photo link]

Several Seattle residents have called PETA in the past two weeks to report seeing three injured pigeons fluttering around with needle-like projectiles — about three to four inches long — piercing their heads, said Tori Perry, cruelty case worker for the Norfolk, Virginia-based organization.