DA to withdraw cruelty charges in live pigeon shoots
POSTED: Tuesday, June 19, 2012, Philly.com
One of the four wounded pigeons that members of SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness rescued from the Delaware River and along shore during the Philadelphia Gun Club's shoot on March 31. (SHARK)
Animal cruelty charges filed against the Philadelphia Gun Club for two live pigeon shoots in March will be withdrawn Wednesday, following a review by the Bucks County District Attorney’s office.
The Bensalem club was issued five citations for allegedly failing to euthanize five pigeons that were wounded during the shoots along the Delaware River. The birds were retrieved from the river and shore and saved by an animal rights group.
