NYC weed dispensary pledges ‘courier pigeon’ supply service – and the twist is ruffling feathers

It’s a bird-brained advertising marketing campaign.

A luxe Big Apple-based hashish dispensary introduced it might be launching a fleet of 20 courier pigeons to ship gram-sized baggage to New Yorkers — however the feathered service is completely phony, The Post has realized.

The Travel Agency unveiled the winged “delivery service,” purportedly set to launch in Manhattan and Brooklyn by 2026, final week, together with with a slew of wierd movies posted to social media.

“As The Travel Agency, it’s only natural we’d explore all modalities of travel for our delivery service, even pigeons,” Arana Hankin-Biggers, firm co-founder, stated in a press launch Friday.

“Being in NYC, we thought there’s no better courier than the ever-present and beloved pigeon.”

Viral movies from the company spotlighted the alleged feathery fleet’s Downtown Brooklyn coop, in addition to its handlers and coaching protocols — which entailed “walking [a pigeon] on the delivery path so it knows where to fly.” 

Promotional posters exterior the corporate’s Union Square store additionally marketed “cannabis carrier pigeons” – and one viral clip posted to the What Is New York account confirmed pigeons sporting tiny backpacks close to a dispensary location, showing to substantiate the presence of the working birds.

Several New York-based publications, like Time Out, Brooklyn Eagle and Fox 5 New York, reported on the harebrained plan.

But sources acquainted with the matter revealed to The Post Monday that the weird scheme was truly a advertising stunt.

Still, animal activists had their feathers ruffled over the phony advert marketing campaign, which touted a multi-day trial run with pigeons “completing symbolic delivery routes under handler supervision” and incomes an “official humane treatment certification.”

“I’m glad to know that it’s not real, but it’s still very upsetting to even conceptualize a campaign like this, centering on exploiting pigeons,” stated Megan Walton, of Duchess-County-based Pigeons for Miles avian sanctuary.

Walton stated the gimmick left her questioning what was actual and what was hen scratch.

“Even if it is a joke … how long were these pigeons subject to this campaign? How many days were they taken away from their family flock to be used for this?” she requested.

Walton stated she was additionally involved about the place the pigeons got here from and what occurred to them after the marketing campaign was over – calling to thoughts instances such because the cute rabbits deserted after disgraced fake heiress Anna Delvey’s August photoshoot.

“I just don’t see the humor in putting pigeons in the center of a campaign like this, to almost mock the fact that they used to be so heavily exploited,” she stated.

“People don’t even really pay them any mind anymore, except to think about of other ways to exploit them.”

The Travel Agency stated in a press release: “Animal welfare was a high precedence all through manufacturing of this marketing campaign. Every shot was deliberate in session with the pigeons’ handlers, their house owners and a SOS Safety On Sets© Animal Services consultant, who suggested the director and crew on the most secure method.

“The Travel Agency worked exclusively with licensed professionals to receive HAT-D Humane Animal Treatment Documentation, confirming humane oversight at every step.”