| "Shock" System Rids Subway of Pest Pigeons | | | | are walking," said Peralta. "Where they have |
| | | | been walking with their children, the |
| New York Transit Authority uses Shock Track | | | | children have also been hit. They've been |
| System by Bird-B-Gone, Inc. to rid subway | | | | afraid to touch the feces because they were |
| platforms of unwanted, and unsanitary pest | | | | afraid that it may be hazardous to their |
| pigeons in Queens. | | | | health." |
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| Assemblyman Jose Peralta celebrated the | | | | Peralta helped secure some state funding to |
| completion of the project in Queens that will | | | | purchase and install electrified strips, made |
| deter pigeons from occupying a local subway | | | | by Bird-B-Gone, Inc. When the pigeons touch |
| station. | | | | the strips, they get a mild "Shock" that |
| | | | changes their nesting and roosting behaviors, |
| Peralta says, " We need to protect our | | | | keeping them off of the subway platform. The |
| children, the children who walk up and down | | | | strips have been installed throughout the |
| these streets, that take the trains, that use | | | | 103rd Street Station. |
| the system, are very vulnerable at times." | | | | |
| | | | "We're proud to be serving the Metropolitan |
| The children, in this case, are vulnerable to | | | | Transportation Authority and in essence the |
| the pigeons that for years have made the | | | | people of New York City," said Bruce Donoho |
| 103rd street station their home. Pigeons not | | | | owner of Bird-B-Gone, Inc. located in Mission |
| only create unsightly messes, but their feces | | | | Viejo, CA. (800-392-6915 |
| carries diseases that threaten the health of | | | | |
| the children. | | | | Bird-B-Gone, Inc. manufactures hundreds of |
| | | | different products used to humanely move pest |
| "People have been hit by the feces as they | | | | birds away from Human Sensitive areas. |