SULLENBERGER NO HERO, CLAIM PEOPLE FOR PIGEONS

(Associated Press) Bird advocacy groups across the United States are lamenting the avalance of praise that has been lavished upon US Airways pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who successfully landed his plane in the Hudson River following a collision with a flock of birds. "What about the dozens of birds who experienced a horrific death in this incident?" asked Melanie Claystone, Executive Director of People for Pigeons, a Brooklyn-based organization devoted to pigeon rights. "This so-called hero sucked a bunch of innocent birds into his jet engines and shredded them into charred feather dust. Is that something to be proud of? How do you think the families of these victims feel? To whom do they turn in their hour of grief? This is an outrage!"