It is aesthetically unpleasant. It is also ineffective. Wildlife biologists say pigeons will thrive in the city as long as they have a place to roost and food to eat. The only way to permanently limit pigeons is to limit their nesting sites. When they run out of places to live, their populations become self-regulating.
Poisoning is a temporary solution.
Pigoen populations will rebound as new birds move into the nests. It won't be long until you have to poison them again. That should interest the county, which has nearly as many money woes as it has pigeons at the Madison Street Jail. Roth has been badgering the county for months on behalf of pigeons. He's compiled information on how to screen out pigeon nesting sites so the birds go elsewhere.