VIDEO: Pet pigeons pit business owner against City
Some unconventional pets at Gail’s Switch a Stitch are ruffling feathers in downtown Prince Albert.
The first pet pigeon came to business owner Gail Sakamoto by chance four and a half years ago. Since then, she’s had a soft spot for the birds that many in the city’s downtown consider a nuisance.
Unfortunately for Sakamoto, her practice of putting out feed for pigeons and letting them stay in her attic during the winter violates a City bylaw.
The bylaw lays out fines for feeding wild birds: pigeons, crows, magpies, or ravens. Public complaints have brought bylaw enforcement officers to Gail’s Switch a Stitch a number of times in recent months.