{"id":1185913,"date":"2026-03-06T15:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/?post_type=alert&#038;p=1185913"},"modified":"2026-03-06T15:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:20:15","slug":"urgent-speak-out-against-bird-poisoning-at-florida-condo","status":"publish","type":"alert","link":"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/action\/action-alerts\/urgent-speak-out-against-bird-poisoning-at-florida-condo\/","title":{"rendered":"URGENT: Speak Out Against Bird Poisoning at Florida Condo!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Reportedly, numerous convulsing and dead birds are being found at Parker Tower Condominiums in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Maintenance workers allegedly informed our sources that avicides (bird poisons) are set on the roof. These wicked substances attack and impair the nervous system, causing immeasurable suffering and slow agonizing death. Further, lethal bird control measures actually<em> backfire<\/em> because when animals are killed, the resultant spike in the food supply prompts survivors and inevitable newcomers to breed at accelerated rates! Finally, poisons are indiscriminate, posing risks to other wildlife as well as domestic animals who may consume the carcasses of poisoned birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-media-credits=\"[{&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 iStock.com\\\/Viliam Simko&quot;,&quot;credit_link&quot;:&quot;&quot;}]\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-block-image--has-credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/two-pigeons-embrace.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/two-pigeons-embrace-602x464.jpg\" alt=\"two pigeons embracing each other\" class=\"wp-image-1173026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/two-pigeons-embrace-602x464.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/two-pigeons-embrace-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/two-pigeons-embrace-768x592.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/two-pigeons-embrace-1536x1183.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/two-pigeons-embrace-2048x1578.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/two-pigeons-embrace-750x578.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/two-pigeons-embrace-1500x1155.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>PETA urged the property\u2019s General Manager and the Homeowners\u2019 Association board to remove the poisons and to use only humane, tried-and-true bird control, but we have yet to hear back. Your voice is now needed! Please urge the management and the board to remove any avicides immediately, then forward this alert far and wide!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Please call and send polite comments to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Anna Lopez, General Manager, Parker Tower Condominiums<br><a href=\"mailto:annal.parkertower@gmail.com?bcc=takeactionforanimals@peta.org\">annal.parkertower@gmail.com<\/a><br>954-454-4366<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Elisa Scemama, President, Parker Tower Condominiums<br><a href=\"mailto:elisadiaine@gmail.com?bcc=takeactionforanimals@peta.org\">elisadiaine@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Yevgeniy Khodak, Director, Parker Tower Condominiums Homeowner Association<br><a href=\"mailto:ykhodak53@yahoo.com?bcc=takeactionforanimals@peta.org\">ykhodak53@yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n<input class=\"fooboxshare_post_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"1185913\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reportedly, numerous convulsing and dead birds are being found at Parker Tower Condominiums in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Maintenance workers allegedly informed our sources that avicides (bird poisons) are set on the roof. These wicked substances attack and impair the nervous system, causing immeasurable suffering and slow agonizing death. Further, lethal bird control measures actually backfire<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/action\/action-alerts\/urgent-speak-out-against-bird-poisoning-at-florida-condo\/\" title=\"ReadURGENT: Speak Out Against Bird Poisoning at Florida Condo!\"> &#8230; Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":304,"featured_media":1173026,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","beyondwords_generate_audio":"","beyondwords_integration_method":"","beyondwords_project_id":"","beyondwords_content_id":"","beyondwords_preview_token":"","beyondwords_player_content":"","beyondwords_player_style":"","beyondwords_language_code":"","beyondwords_language_id":"","beyondwords_title_voice_id":"","beyondwords_body_voice_id":"","beyondwords_summary_voice_id":"","beyondwords_error_message":"","beyondwords_disabled":"","beyondwords_delete_content":"","beyondwords_podcast_id":"","beyondwords_hash":"","publish_post_to_speechkit":"","speechkit_hash":"","speechkit_generate_audio":"","speechkit_project_id":"","speechkit_podcast_id":"","speechkit_error_message":"","speechkit_disabled":"","speechkit_access_key":"","speechkit_error":"","speechkit_info":"","speechkit_response":"","speechkit_retries":"","speechkit_status":"","speechkit_updated_at":"","_speechkit_link":"","_speechkit_text":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[594,41],"alert-type":[],"placement":[148],"class_list":["post-1185913","alert","type-alert","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-action-alert","category-wildlife","placement-home-page-urgent-alerts"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>URGENT: Speak Out Against Bird Poisoning at Florida Condo! | PETA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Reportedly, numerous convulsing and dead birds are being found at Parker Tower Condominiums in Hallandale Beach, Florida. 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