2026年6月18日(報道日)、ジェンダーリビール、青く染めたハトを放って野生生物団体が回収へJune 18, 2026 (date of report) — A Gender Reveal Dyed Its Doves Blue, and a Wildlife Rescuer Had to Catch Them Back

An expecting couple in Queen Creek, Arizona, hired Sacred Dove Release for their gender-reveal party and asked that the birds be dyed blue, to announce a boy. The company normally supplies doves for weddings and funerals; this was its first gender reveal.

The blue doves caught the attention of residents near the Salt River, who alerted Crystal White of the wildlife rehab facility Crystal's Critter Haven. White collected the birds but couldn't fully wash the dye out. She said the birds no longer blend into their surroundings and are now, in effect, "like beacons for predators."

Monica Flores, who runs the dove-release service, said she used nontoxic food coloring and would never endanger her birds. The couple whose reveal it was said they thought a dyed-dove release was a fairly common gesture, and that they now regret using live birds for it.