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>>20191902
Some poor local official in Argentina got fired for suggesting this. But yes, pigeons are perfectly edible, with the proviso that urban pigeons often have diseases or toxin accumulation from drinking petrochemical-tainted water.

>Official retracts proposal to feed pigeon meat to poor children

>Provincial wildlife chief said that the birds are an "abundant resource" and emphasized their protein content. After other agencies denied such a plan, he admitted it was a "personal idea."

>Poor kids should eat pigeons and thus combat a plague that has invaded streets and public spaces. This controversial proposal sallied forth from the mouth of an official in Córdoba (Argentina), and was unanimously rejected from several quarters, after which the official qualified his stance as a "personal idea" rather than a completed project.

>It all began quite by chance, during a radio discussion in which the wildlife director of Córdoba province, Oscar de Allende was asked about reducing the sparrow population. He was then asked if any plans were in place to combat the overpopulation of pigeons. Without compunction, Allende stated that there was: "We have spoken to the people at Paicor [a provincial program for impoverished schoolchildren] about doing a project to see if we can finish off this problem using a nutritional approach."

https://www.clarin.com/sociedad/funcionario-propuso-palomas-despues-retracto_0_rJgiQGbhDXe.html