Animal rights advocates fighting to end live pigeon shoots
Author: Liz Kilmer , Reporter
Published: Aug 01 2014
READING, Pa. -
With a three-day live pigeon shoot now underway in Berks County, animal rights advocates are continuing their fight to end the century-old contest.
Describing the game as "abhorrent" and "cruel," John Goodwin, director of animal cruelty policy with The Humane Society of the United States, spoke out during a news conference at the group's location in Reading on Friday.
Goodwin said Pennsylvania is the only state in which the trapshooting contest is technically legal and openly-practiced.