Arlan Galbraith

Pigeon King International never intended to get into the squab business says a former employee who claims credit for promoting the idea to owner Arlan Galbraith.

Pennsylvania’s attorney general’s office confirms it has fielded concerns about the operation of Pigeon King International (PKI) but it’s uncertain whether any arm of the state will launch an investigation.

They’ve called to file their complaints. But as of today, not one of 17 former contract holders with Arlan Galbraith’s Pigeon King International Inc. (PKI) had supplied police with the paperwork records to support their concerns.

No Canadian authorities have found anything wrong with Arlan Galbraith’s now- insolvent pigeon breeding scheme but that didn’t prevent four states from reining in the pigeon king, as he likes to be called, and now former growers and the professionals left to clean up Galbraith’s mess are left with more questions than answers. The biggest question: do some growers have to lose everything?

More than two weeks after issuing a statement saying he had retained a bankruptcy trustee, Pigeon King International (PKI) Inc.’s founder, owner and sole shareholder, Arlan Galbraith, voluntarily signed the company into bankruptcy.

Former PKI Ontario sales consultant Ken Wagler stands by assertions made in an earlier interview with Better Farming that the chicken industry is trying to thwart efforts by former PKI growers to find a use for their pigeons. He won’t name names however and chicken producers reject his claims.

Most growers still haven’t decided what to do since founder Arlan Galbraith walked away from Pigeon King International two weeks ago. Some however have already hired two Ontario companies that have stepped in to help the farming community deal humanely and efficiently with hundreds of thousands of unwanted pigeons left behind

The day after Pigeon King Arlan Galbraith pulled the plug on his business, telling investors that he had been forced to sell his house to pay Goods & Services Tax arrears, his Waterloo home was listed for sale by a local realtor.