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Germany’s authoritarian turn may be worse than any of us feared. The town of Limburg an der Lahn, in the Western state of Hesse, has just voted to exterminate its population of 700 pigeons. The referendum took place on Sunday, and so was perhaps overshadowed by another vote which attracted national attention.
53% residents voted in favour of a referendum on the issue. https://t.co/bhD29VLUwX
— Euronews Green (@euronewsgreen) June 12, 2024
It was at least close, with 53% of residents electing to kill the pigeons. “The citizens have made use of their right and decided that the animals should be reduced by a falconer,” mayor Marius Hahn ominously told the press. Once the pigeons have been lured into a trap, the falconer will — and animal-loving readers are advised to look away now — hit them over the head with a stick to stun them, and then break their necks. The AfD will be relieved that there are some new villains in town…
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