New York City’s pink pigeon may have been part of a gender reveal

A pink pigeon rescued from a New York City park may have been dyed for a gender reveal party.

The king pigeon was found wandering Madison Square Park in Manhattan and was taken into care by a bird rescue.

The group said, “Pigeons come in many different colors and plumages but pink isn’t one of them. This is a domestic king pigeon who was deliberately dyed this color and released. This poor bird has it bad enough as a domestic bird unable to find food in the wild, fly well or escape predators, but being a bright, unusual color makes him even more of a target. Please never release domestic birds to the wild. Not for weddings, funerals, celebrations, art projects, anything.”

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