Fifteen homing pigeons were found abandoned outside Paradise Park Masonic Lodge off Highway 9 on Monday. Now Animal Services is looking for the person who left them there. According to reports, the birds, which were likely pets, were starving and infested with parasites. Had they not been found, they would have probably died of exposure or been eaten by other animals. According to animal rescue services, the animals did not know how to forage for themselves.
The birds have since been removed to Native Animal Rescue in Santa Cruz, where they are being tended and receiving the necessary care. Animal Services officials point out that in California it is a misdemeanor to abandon any animal. Read more at Fox 35 and the Mercury News.
