A disturbing incident has emerged from Queens, New York, where a halal food cart worker was filmed capturing a pigeon with his bare hands and placing it into a plastic bag before returning to the cart.
A commuter waiting for a bus, identified as Oriana Winchester Biersack, witnessed the worker feeding pigeons before attempting to grab one from the flock, according to the New York Post.
After a failed attempt, the worker succeeded in capturing a pigeon, which he then placed into a plastic bag and took back to the food cart.
“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,” Biersack told The Post.
“I was shocked at what I was seeing but I didn’t record the rest,” Biersack said, adding that she reported the incident to the city’s Department of Health.
One of the cart’s workers, Muhammad Mola, mentioned that the individual involved was a ‘temporary worker from Bangladesh’ who was ‘unfamiliar with local laws and customs.’
Mola claimed that the worker was attempting to rescue a pigeon with tied-up legs.
“In our country everyone loves pigeons,” Mola told The Post.
Pigeon meat, known as “kobutor” in Bengali, is considered a delicacy in Bangladesh. |
