Brookline's pigeon man draws complaints

Edwin Alexandrian has created a stir in Brookline by keeping 80 sick pigeons in his backyard coop.

By Brock Parker Globe Correspondent
In his native country of Iran, Edwin Alexandrian said pigeons are considered as pets.

So about seven years ago, after seeing a number of poisoned pigeons around his Brookline home and passing them along the street, Alexandrian decided to begin trying to catch some of the birds and nurse them back to health.

When he's successful, Alexanderian said he releases the birds where he finds them. But if a pigeon does not recover completely, Alexanderian keeps it in a coop in his back yard. He now has about 80 pigeons.