PiCAS INTERNATIONAL

PiCAS is to take legal action against a Dutch/German group, calling themselves Landelijke Werkgroep Duivenoverlast, as a result of a libellous statement sent out to multiple international recipients via email.  The information contained in the email was untrue and highly damaging to the good reputation of the PiCAS Group.  PiCAS has attempted to contact this group following distribution of this libellous email statement but the group has failed to respond. 

This group, who are supposedly working to provide advice on non-lethal and humane pigeon control systems in Holland and Germany, have based their recommended controls on the PiCAS model and the only possible reason for this extraordinary attack on PiCAS must be because the group wishes to take credit for these systems themselves.  

The group suggested in their statement that the PiCAS system of dovecotes combined with public feeding areas cannot be effective as a method of pigeon control.  The group further suggest that their loft-based systems are the only effective means of reducing pigeon flock size by egg removal and replacement.  What the group did not say in their damaging email, however, is that PiCAS has always recommended loft-based systems to work in tandem with dovecote-based systems.  In fact some of the most effective systems recommended by PiCAS have involved both lofts and public feeding areas combined with artificial breeding facilities.  The group claim that they recommend loft-based systems only and that these systems are successful because eggs are removed and replaced with dummy eggs in order to reduce flock size.  This is PiCAS model and their system is exactly what PiCAS has been recommending to its client base for decades.

It was PiCAS that pioneered humane and non-lethal pigeon control systems worldwide and PiCAS is still considered to be the leading non-scientific authority on the non-lethal management of pigeon populations.  Although PiCAS International is unable to take legal action against this Dutch/German group due to its non-for-profit stance, PiCAS’ commercial arm in the UK, PiCAS UK, is currently speaking to legal advisers with a view to sueing the group for substancial damages.  Any damages won from this action will be used to assist PiCAS International to continue its fight to stop the senseless and ineffective slaughter of pigeon populations worldwide in the name of control.