bird pest

Author: Fran Prisco

“Shock” System Rids Subway of Pest Pigeons

New York Transit Authority uses Shock Track System by Bird-B-Gone, Inc. to rid subway platforms of unwanted, and unsanitary pest pigeons in Queens.

Assemblyman Jose Peralta celebrated the completion of the project in Queens that will deter pigeons from occupying a local subway station.

Peralta says, “ We need to protect our children, the children who walk up and down these streets, that take the trains, that use the system, are very vulnerable at times.”

The children, in this case, are vulnerable to the pigeons that for years have made the 103rd street station their home. Pigeons not only create unsightly messes, but their feces carries diseases that threaten the health of the children.

“People have been hit by the feces as they are walking,” said Peralta. “Where they have been walking with their children, the children have also been hit. They’ve been afraid to touch the feces because they were afraid that it may be hazardous to their health.”

Peralta helped secure some state funding to purchase and install electrified strips, made by Bird-B-Gone, Inc. When the pigeons touch the strips, they get a mild “Shock” that changes their nesting and roosting behaviors, keeping them off of the subway platform. The strips have been installed throughout the 103rd Street Station.

“We’re proud to be serving the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and in essence the people of New York City,” said Bruce Donoho owner of Bird-B-Gone, Inc. located in Mission Viejo, CA.

Bird-B-Gone, Inc. manufactures hundreds of different products used to humanely move pest birds away from Human Sensitive areas.

The MTA say they will incorporate the system into all future station renovations on the elevated lines.