By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-09 07:05:48 | Updated at 2025-01-09 18:32:09
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NYC halal food cart worker caught catching pigeon with bare hands: ‘Beyond disgusted’
New York Post ^ | January 4, 2025 | Deirdre Bardolf and Desheania Andrews
Posted on 01/08/2025 10:54:38 PM PST by Morgana
That’s fowl.
A Queens food truck worker captured a pigeon using a plastic bag and ominously brought it back to his cart, according to shocking viral footage of the incident.
A commuter waiting for a bus spotted the worker feeding the birds next to the MS Halal truck near the Rego Center Mall on Queens Boulevard on Dec. 29.
Oriana Biersack said she saw the man look around to see if anyone was watching and then tried unsuccessfully to grab one of the birds from a flock, at which point she started filming with her phone.
The man tried again and managed to grab one, shoving it in a plastic bag and returning to the food truck, the footage shows.
“Omg I can’t believe what I just saw!” Biersack wrote in a social media post. “I am beyond disgusted.”
She told The Post, “After that, I saw him grab water and he was rinsing his hand and swishing water in his mouth … He was sticking his fingers into his mouth and scrubbing his teeth with his fingers.
“I was shocked at what I was seeing but I didn’t record the rest,” added Biersack, who said she reported the incident to the city Department of Health.
The video received over 155,000 likes and 16,000 comments on different social media pages including the New Yorkers and Bukharian Community Instagram pages.
“I will never eat there again and after this,” one person commented.
“He just ruined it for food carts,” said another.
Residents were repulsed.
“It’s disgusting. After seeing that, I don’t trust this or any other ones,” said Jon C., a 39-year-old home health aid from Rego Park, gesturing to the different food carts lining the street.
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Cats, dogs now pigeons.
1 posted on 01/08/2025 10:54:38 PM PST by Morgana
To: Morgana
they’re eating the pigeons
2 posted on 01/08/2025 10:56:29 PM PST by Strict9
To: Strict9
3 posted on 01/08/2025 10:58:41 PM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
To: Morgana
Squab. Delicious if prepared properly.
4 posted on 01/08/2025 10:59:21 PM PST by Omnivore-Dan (Shut)
To: Morgana
"Tastes Like Chicken"
5 posted on 01/08/2025 10:59:43 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Climate Change is Real. Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall.)
To: Morgana
I saw this.
Rock pidgeons were bred to trust humans and now they are easy prey to guys like this.
6 posted on 01/08/2025 11:00:13 PM PST by Jonty30 (Liberals are a fulfillment of II Tim3:5. We are instructed to have nothing to do with those people. )
To: Morgana
Haven’t you guys ever had squab?
Squab is simply roasted young pigeons. I’ve never heard of grabbing pigeons for squab off the street, though.
7 posted on 01/08/2025 11:03:09 PM PST by jimtorr
To: Strict9
Hemingway did this when he was dirt poor, in Paris. He’d stick dead pigeons into the baby’s stroller.
8 posted on 01/08/2025 11:05:00 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. the )
To: jimtorr
9 posted on 01/08/2025 11:05:38 PM PST by Strict9
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