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I live in a medium sized city and I see people throwing bread on the ground "for the pigeons." The pigeons eat maybe 75% - the rest is for the rats. Drives me

• TeMPOraL 6y ago
  In my hometown (Kraków), pigeons are considered to be rats with wings... but they're also sort of a symbol, because to this day they flock around the city's main square. Possibly because we used to feed them there. When I was a kid, old ladies would sell grain in plastic cups for people to throw to the pigeons. The moment you poured some grain on your hand, you were suddenly surrounded by a hundred birds. It was an attraction for both tourists and children. I haven't seen that practiced in a decade or more, I suppose feeding the pigeons became illegal at some point.