People & animals

Should you feed pigeons or not?

Pigeons love breadcrumbs - this can be observed when yet another animal lover empties a bag of food. But is this really good for pigeons and humans?

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The cabaret artist, author and expert on human nature Stefan Vögel answers questions that others don't even dare to ask. This time he takes a close look at the consequences of the human predilection for feeding pigeons.

Now that spring is here again and the parks are filling up with life, the two creatures that seem to benefit from each other are reuniting: the pigeon and man. The latter often carries a bag filled to the brim with breadcrumbs and uses it to feed the cooing gray bird, which immediately flutters around it by the hundreds as soon as word of the new feeding trough has spread throughout the animal kingdom.