The Groningen City Pigeoneers

Welcome on our website

We are the Groningen City Pigeoneers. Our home town is a city in the north of the Netherlands. Since 2000 we have been involved in a project to help solve problems concerning the pigeons in our inner city. On the one hand we promote the animals' well-being by feeding them on a daily basis. On the other we try and introduce pigeon houses to minimize the problems they cause as a result of their nesting behaviour. In these pigeon houses reproduction is halted by replacing newly laid eggs by fake ones. In spite of little co-operation from the authorities this far there is a fair chance of these pigeons houses being erected sometime next year 2008. Meanwhile funds for our daily feeding activities are increasingly difficult to raise. If we were to stop these activities we would witness the reintroduction of pigeon diseases commonly associated with malnutrition. In their desparate pursuit for no matter what food many of the starving birds will die as road victims. Surviving birds will pose a major problem for catering establishments. Therefore we kindly request anyone sympathizing with our objectives to help us continue our work, that is, realizing the pigeon housing project in Groningen. Thus we hope to set an example to many other cities all over the world that have to cope with the same problems. It goes without saying that we are willing to share more detailed information with anyone interested in this project.