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My name is Dante!

Posted over 4 weeks ago | Updated 1 week ago

My basic info

Breed
Pigeon
Color
Age
Young
Sex
Male
Pet ID
20783515-P2024052

My story

Here's what the humans have to say about me:

Dante is a very striking bird, but beauty comes at a cost. His dramatic feathers around his head is a genetic trait that humans selectively bred for nothing but beauty purposes. It doesn't serve the bird in any way, but actually makes it so that the bird cannot see. A prey animal that cannot see is a doomed animal. To make matters worse, somehow Dante was out wandering the streets. It's bad enough being a domestic pigeon and unable to survive out in the wild, but to not be able to navigate properly, see where he's flying and walking, or keep an eye on his back for predators? We're shocked that he was found—and found alive. Just in time, too, for poor Dante was severely emaciated when he was found! We're so grateful that he is now with us (and we're keeping his feathers trimmed so he can see!) but we're really hoping that he will go to a forever home where he will be pampered and loved like he deserves.Please apply to adopt http://www.pigeonrescue.org/birds/apply-to-foster-or-adopt/September 5, 2024, 7:06 am
Rescue
Palomacy Pigeon & Dove Adoptions

Contact info

Pet ID
20783515-P2024052
Contact
Elizabeth Young
Phone
Address
San Francisco, CA 94124

Their adoption process

Additional adoption info

We require an online adoption application, phone screen & home visit and offer lots of support and coaching all along the way. Our adoption fee is $10/bird and our expectations for adopters are:
-Appropriately sized, safe and uncrowded cage or aviary approved by Palomacy
-Supervised, safe out-of-cage time (if not living in an aviary) daily
-No free flight/uncaged outside time
-Protection from hazards including but not limited to escape, pets, predators, fumes and toxins
-Companionship- lots of your time or another bird's (not home alone)
-Avian vet care if sick or injured
-Compassionate, healthy care that provides for the bird's nutritional (including lighting), physical and emotional well-being
-No breeding, birth control if bird has a mate (real eggs replaced with fakes which we provide)
-A forever home (through sickness and health, for better or worse) with a pet-care plan in place should something happen to you
-No selling, sporting or business use of birds
-Return to Palomacy if unable to keep the bird (This is not desired- we expect that you are providing a forever home!)

Go meet their pets

We are a volunteer-powered rescue and our birds are lovingly cared for in the private homes and backyard aviaries of our foster volunteers. Potential adopters can make appointments to meet our birds and we are at adoption & outreach events almost every weekend. See our Events page at www.PigeonRescue.org and visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/PigeonDiplomacy/ for details.

More about this rescue

Palomacy Pigeon & Dove Adoption saves homeless domestic (unreleasable) pigeons and doves in the SF/Bay Area from euthanasia by providing veterinary care, foster and forever homes.

Palomacy fills a deadly gap in the animal welfare community by saving the lives of domestic/unreleasable doves and pigeons that would otherwise be killed. We're volunteer-powered, donation supported and culture changing! By providing avian vet care, foster and forever homes, we've saved more than 700 birds' lives since 2007. Join us! www.PigeonRescue.org

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