Bio Corporation claims that pigeons are incapable of holding their breath and that death from drowning would be instantaneous.
AL EDENLOFF: ‘All charges of animal cruelty have been dropped against Bio Corporation, a company that provides specimens for dissection in classrooms… The Alexandria City Attorney’s Office dismissed the case, which was prompted after the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals produced a hidden-camera video that showed pigeons being drowned and crayfish injected with latex dye in order to kill them…
Andrew Wiener, with McCarten Law Firm which represented Bio Corp., said a key factor in the case came from the veterinary expert who refuted PETA’s claims that pigeons suffered a prolonged death of least 10 minutes while they were being drowned. The expert said that pigeons are incapable of holding their breath and that death from drowning would be instantaneous. Also, pigeons are considered to be pests under Minnesota law and are not subject to euthanasia laws, Wiener said’. SOURCE…
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