13/02/2024
Before you have doves at your wedding day give this a read. We had no idea and now it makes sense why when we’ve covered weddings at various venues with doves released the doves are still wondering around looking lost weeks later when we return. As beautiful a moment as it seems this is the reality behind it…
Heartbreaking 💔
"The last kiss" - That's how you could title this photo of the two wedding doves, because it will most likely be their last!
Why do you ask yourselves, since the animals are released freely for the nightmare spectacle?
We'll explain it to you briefly:
Wedding doves, white doves or peace doves, whatever you may call them, are raised by breeders only for that one day, to provide a wedding company and a wedding couple an unforgettable spectacle, as a sign of the everlasting loyalty of the bride and groom!
But no one sees the suffering behind it!
First comes the breeding!
By default, this is done in absolute captivity, in small cages and isolation from the outside world!
Until the big day comes and they should serve as a symbol of unsuspecting lovers!
The merciless breeder, who usually already knows about the fate of his pigeons, is of course silent about his greed for profit!
The animals are sold in order to marry the wedding couple just as a sign of their hopefully lasting loyalty into the air and seemingly released in their freedom!
And this is where the real martyrdom begins!
These wonderful and picturesque birds lack something that city pigeons possess: an urban survival instinct!
They are flying away and because of the lack of direction, since previously they were kept only in cages, they will most likely lose themselves and face the beginning of their death battle!
They know no other humans than their breeders, nor the environment or other animals!
The impressions they have now will deeply disturb them, but they remain confidential!
This can be their doom in two ways!
First of all, they approach all people without shame and as you know, pigeons in society are unfortunately still vomiting! This leads to them being injured or even killed by human hands at the worst!
And secondly, they do not recognize the danger when a predator approaches them or. in the big city public transport and thus become light prey or. run over!
Nor do they know the glass facades of the metropolitan jungle and often change after an attack against them!
Also, city pigeons know where to look for food!
No way our wedding doves!
They don't know the food stations merciful citizens provide for them!
They don't know that pigeons find survival food in the garbage too!
And that's exactly why many of them will starve!
Similarly, you don't know where and how to find shelter from the weather and therefore fall victim to bad weather conditions!
Finding suitable places to sleep for the night has never been necessary for them, so these animals can’t do it themselves and are often left behind due to total fatigue!
You can now see that this seemingly harmless and animal-friendly spectacle is actually a game of certain death for these birds!
Therefore abandon this custom!
You should be faithful even without this living symbol if you choose each other!
This shows strength of character and also a heart for these poor animals!
Prove your love for each other daily and also for animals!
WEDDINGS WITH LOTS OF CELEBRATIONS BUT NO DOVES!!!
