Foot deformities are ubiquitous in urban pigeons. Why? Here’s a republished version of an article that originally appeared (here, at ver 3) back in 2022. As you’ll know if you’ve spent any time watching the pigeons of towns and cities, something like one in every ten has missing or partial toes, or swollen toes, or other pedal deformities of some sort. And then there are really extreme individuals: the ones that are missing the majority of their toes altogether. I’m talking here about the...