Exclusive | Brooklyn pet store owner accused of kidnapping NYC pigeons, selling them as live shooting targets

An alleged pigeon pirate is ruffling feathers in the concrete jungle.A longtime Brooklyn pet store owner is coming under fire after allegations resurfaced that he kidnaps pigeons from public parks and illegally sells them to hunters to be used as live shooting targets, The Post has learned – but his brother claims activists have pigeonholed the wrong guy.Michael Scott, co-owner of Broadway Pigeon & Pet Supplies in Bushwick, has been accused of purloining pigeons for decades, according to animal rights activist Tina Piña, who claims her own Brooklyn pigeon flock was ransacked by the store owner this month.“My beloved flock was netted a week ago, and I know that it happens – but when it happens to you, it’s different,” said Piña, whose flock roosts regularly at Maria Hernandez Park in Bushwick and who organized a 60-person rally outside the pet store Saturday.About 15 to 20 of her beloved birds, which she has cared for for a decade, were captured by a man at the park in the early morning hours of April 1, a witness told Piña — who goes by “Mother Pigeon” on Instagram.The same individual reportedly netted more pigeons in the days following – and Piña claims Scott is behind the bird-brained scheme.Pigeon trapping on public property is illegal and considered animal abuse, according to NYC’s 311 portal.A request for comment from Scott, 56, was not immediately returned, but his brother Joey Scott, who co-owns Broadway Pigeon & Pet Supplies, claims the duo have never caught pigeons from the street, and instead sell off unwanted pigeons from their inherited rooftop coop without asking many questions.“Dog trainers call me from different states, they want to come take birds,” he said, adding that he’s also sold white pigeons for funerals and weddings from the generations of birds they inherited from their grandfather in 1971.“Some people come [buy birds] to do voodoo sacrifices, I’m sure,” he added. “I don’t ask what they do wi...