{"id":4727,"date":"2026-06-25T09:03:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T09:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/couple-spark-backlash-by-getting-birds-dyed-blue-for-gender-reveal\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T09:03:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T09:03:36","slug":"couple-spark-backlash-by-getting-birds-dyed-blue-for-gender-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/couple-spark-backlash-by-getting-birds-dyed-blue-for-gender-reveal\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple spark backlash by getting birds dyed BLUE for gender reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2026-06-25 09:03:33<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Fireworks, smoke cannons or cakes &#8211; they\u2019re all ways parents-to-be have announced the gender of their unborn child. <BR><br \/>\nBut one couple in Arizona has taken things to the extreme, and caused backlash in the process, by dyeing a pair of pigeons to reveal they\u2019re having a baby boy. <BR><br \/>\nThe pair turned to a local company called Sacred Dove Release, who usually provide doves for release by couples on their wedding day, for the occasion. <BR><br \/>\nAnd Sacred Dove Release\u2019s owner Monica Flores told local news outlet KPNX that it was the first time she\u2019d been asked to have her birds involved in a gender reveal. <BR><br \/>\nAfter doing some research, she decided to use non-toxic food colouring to dye the birds. <BR><br \/>\nHowever, after attracting significant backlash for the move, Monica insisted it\u2019s the first and last time she\u2019ll ever dye her birds. <BR><br \/>\nThe birds were expected to fly back to their home at Sacred Dove Release once they\u2019d been released, but didn\u2019t. <BR><br \/>\nLocal wildlife rehabililator Crystal White took the birds on, and said she\u2019s very concerned about their bright colour. <BR><br \/>\nShe added that not only does the dye itself pose a risk to the birds, it also makes them an easier target for prey. <BR><br \/>\nIt\u2019s not the first time birds have been dyed for a gender reveal. <BR><br \/>\nBack in 2024, pigeon Polly was taken to Pudz Animal Sanctuary in South Killingholme, with her wings and feet dyed pink and yellow. <BR><br \/>\nBut sanctuary founder Shena Fairless\u00a0told the BBC: \u201cIt&#8217;s just for a few minutes of entertainment, then the bird has to live with that for the rest of its life&#8221;.<BR><br \/>\nShe added that it wouldn\u2019t have been a nice thing for Polly to go through the dyeing process, and added: \u201cYou just don&#8217;t know what might happen\u201d.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026-06-25 09:03:33 Fireworks, smoke cannons or cakes &#8211; they\u2019re all ways parents-to-be have announced the gender of their unborn child. But one couple in Arizona has taken things to the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4729,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727\/revisions\/4729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}