Pigeon pirates spotted illegally catching birds on the streets of NYC

Pigeon pirates are illegally catching the birds on the streets of Manhattan to sell them out of state gun clubs to be killed for sport, animal rights activists claim after two incidents were reported this month.

On the morning of January 16, Hell's Kitchen residents Susan Tang and her husband, Nicholas, witnessed two men in a Dodge Caravan bearing New York plates as they tossed seeds along 10th Avenue between 58th and 59th streets, according to the .

The poachers ended up capturing about 50 pigeons with nets before throwing them into the van and fleeing the scene.

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