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FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — The black carcasses of starlings still pepper the snowy roads and lawns of central New Jersey's rural Griggstown community three days after federal officials used a pesticide to kill as many as 5,000 of the birds. Many residents Monday were still getting over their shock from the sudden spate of deaths. Some were unaware that the deaths resulted from an intentional culling and that the pesticide used was harmless to people and pets. "It was raining birds," said Franklin Township Mayor Brian Levine. "It got people a little anxious." The U.S. Department of Agriculture called local police last week and the Somerset County Health Department to warn them that a culling program was underway, but there was no notice that dead birds could fall from the sky, Levine said.
Originally posted by Canadianpride420
I'm sorry but do we have the US government admitting that they are poisoning birds on purpose? Why on earth if they are doing this would they come clean? Makes no sense to me unless it's a distraction
Originally posted by baddmove
reply to post by Skydancer
What's really strange here is the original site is now missing...
It's not showing project "bye bye blackbird" now..hmmmm...
www.aphis.usda.gov...
check it out....edit on 22-1-2011 by baddmove because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by baddmove
reply to post by Chadwickus
Hey Chad...
I understand pest management..no problem there..
It's just that no one was coming out and saying that until recently...
so it seemed a conspiracy to most of us while we were kept in the dark about what was really going on..
what i want to know is, how fast does it kill the birds..
you know..a lot of them just dropped dead on New Years Eve..
I thought we all had that night off..
Originally posted by Chadwickus
Here's an interesting article from 2009:
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — The black carcasses of starlings still pepper the snowy roads and lawns of central New Jersey's rural Griggstown community three days after federal officials used a pesticide to kill as many as 5,000 of the birds. Many residents Monday were still getting over their shock from the sudden spate of deaths. Some were unaware that the deaths resulted from an intentional culling and that the pesticide used was harmless to people and pets. "It was raining birds," said Franklin Township Mayor Brian Levine. "It got people a little anxious." The U.S. Department of Agriculture called local police last week and the Somerset County Health Department to warn them that a culling program was underway, but there was no notice that dead birds could fall from the sky, Levine said.
www.usatoday.com...
Originally posted by Chadwickus
reply to post by Trublbrwing
I know exactly what the article says.
I don't know why you think I've shot myself in the foot?
Originally posted by ZindoDoone
Grackles and pigeons are just flying rats. They do more damage than most species of birds. Sometimes species need to be controlled. Cockroaches come to mind! Those danged Geese have cost towns millions for damage to spots fields and parks! I agree, this cold weather has helped with that problem!
Zindoedit on 1/22/2011 by ZindoDoone because: add Geese