[TN-Bird] Killing Crows

From: "Charles P. Nicholson" <cpnichol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "TN-Bird Listserve (E-mail)" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 12:05:57 -0500
Message
      Press Release Source: The Fund for Animals

Dead Crows Rain Down in Northern Virginia
Thursday February 6, 1:11 pm ET
Federal Agency Puts People and Animals at Risk


ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexandria citizens have been
counting crows -- dead ones. The birds are literally falling from the sky as
a result of a misguided poisoning program in Fairfax County conducted by the
U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services division.
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"The poisoning is a senseless and cruel act that obviously has detrimental
impacts not only to the crows but to humans as well," said Laura Simon,
Urban Wildlife Director for The Fund for Animals. "Wildlife Services did not
provide any plan for dealing with the aftermath of their actions. Poisoning
these birds is extremely upsetting to people, particularly children, who may
come into contact with dead and dying birds. And randomly killing some crows
isn't going to solve any purported crow conflicts anyway."

According to Simon, the agency has also failed to address any specific
questions such as what impact the program will have on local wildlife and
the environment. "There are many effective non-lethal approaches to
human/crow conflicts, making poisoning completely unnecessary and
inappropriate," said Simon. "There are humane alternatives such as alarm
call tapes, laser beam devices, and pyrotechnics that have been proven
highly effective in repelling crows from areas where they are not wanted.
Widespread poisoning is not the answer." Simon continued -- "It's far better
to teach existing birds to stay away from certain areas than to keep
poisoning and then see how crows from the surrounding area quickly take
their place."

Added Michael Markarian, President of The Fund for Animals, "Wildlife
Services is a rogue agency that is wasting millions of our tax dollars
operating a federally funded pest control service. Americans want humane and
effective solutions to wildlife conflicts, not cruel and indiscriminate
poisoning of birds and other animals."

The Fund for Animals is encouraging Northern Virginia citizens who find dead
crows to call their members of Congress and ask them to cut funding for
these arbitrary killing programs conducted by Wildlife Services. The Fund
for Animals operates a free 24-hour Urban Wildlife Hotline for humane
solutions to wildlife conflicts: 203-389-4411.



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Source: The Fund for Animals
http://news.findlaw.com/prnewswire/20030206/06feb2003131121.html


Chuck Nicholson
Norris, TN


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