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# Gas the pigeons while we’re at it
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/gas-the-pigeons-while-were-at-it-editor/
- Published: 2006-08-01T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T19:07:08.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Marissa Sims Santa Monica*

In regards to the squirrel article (SMDP, July 21, page 1). What is this? The squirrel holocaust? For a state so into animal rights, this seems extreme.

You want to talk about a problem in Santa Monica? Let’s talk about the flying rats, otherwise known as pigeons. Once you vaccinate the female squirrels and they cannot reproduce, that squirrel population will die off. So obviously, City Hall is now trying to play God.

If they want to play God, they need to take care of the pigeon population.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 1, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/080106.pdf?ref=smdp.com)