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My name is
Beluga w/Beth!

Posted over 3 years ago | Updated 11 hours ago

My basic info

Breed
Pigeon
Color
White
Age
Adult
Sex
Male
Pet ID
16015795-A2020160

My story

Here's what the humans have to say about me:

Beluga is a Homer pigeon, most likely the survivor of a 'dove release.' He showed up outside an apartment complex, catching the attention of the kind people who rescued him and contacted Palomacy. Beluga was thrilled to join other pigeons in our foster aviary at Ploughshares Nursery in Alameda. He is also mellow with people and seems all around happy to have a new lease on life. Beluga was very happily married for awhile but his wife left him for another (bolder) male & so he’s single again & lonesome. He’s a lovely, gentle manbird.Please apply to adopt http://www.pigeonrescue.org/birds/apply-to-foster-or-adopt/April 18, 2024, 6:29 am
Rescue
Palomacy Pigeon & Dove Adoptions

Contact info

Pet ID
16015795-A2020160
Contact
Elizabeth Young
Phone
Address
San Francisco, CA 94124

Their adoption process

Additional adoption info

We require an online adoption application, phone screen & home visit and offer lots of support and coaching all along the way. Our adoption fee is $10/bird and our expectations for adopters are:
-Appropriately sized, safe and uncrowded cage or aviary approved by Palomacy
-Supervised, safe out-of-cage time (if not living in an aviary) daily
-No free flight/uncaged outside time
-Protection from hazards including but not limited to escape, pets, predators, fumes and toxins
-Companionship- lots of your time or another bird's (not home alone)
-Avian vet care if sick or injured
-Compassionate, healthy care that provides for the bird's nutritional (including lighting), physical and emotional well-being
-No breeding, birth control if bird has a mate (real eggs replaced with fakes which we provide)
-A forever home (through sickness and health, for better or worse) with a pet-care plan in place should something happen to you
-No selling, sporting or business use of birds
-Return to Palomacy if unable to keep the bird (This is not desired- we expect that you are providing a forever home!)

Go meet their pets

We are a volunteer-powered rescue and our birds are lovingly cared for in the private homes and backyard aviaries of our foster volunteers. Potential adopters can make appointments to meet our birds and we are at adoption & outreach events almost every weekend. See our Events page at www.PigeonRescue.org and visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/PigeonDiplomacy/ for details.

More about this rescue

Palomacy Pigeon & Dove Adoption saves homeless domestic (unreleasable) pigeons and doves in the SF/Bay Area from euthanasia by providing veterinary care, foster and forever homes.

Palomacy fills a deadly gap in the animal welfare community by saving the lives of domestic/unreleasable doves and pigeons that would otherwise be killed. We're volunteer-powered, donation supported and culture changing! By providing avian vet care, foster and forever homes, we've saved more than 700 birds' lives since 2007. Join us! www.PigeonRescue.org