Awful Sad Story

This was such a shame.

http://birding.about.com/b/2010/02/21/accidental-poisonings-kill-birds.htm

That is so sad....

Wonder how long he was using it? First time or years?

Moron. $5,000 is nowhere near enough.

This reminds me of 2 summers ago when we had birds literally dropping down from trees dead but with no injuries, (my neighbors noticed it too), every day we'd find a few dead birds of all different types, then it tapered off after about 2weeks. I think there are a lot more occurrences of this than are realized. Maybe some of these small 'mom & pop' landscape maintenance companies use the wrong stuff or apply it wrong...

Oh man...that is just awful!


Should have contacted his DNR or hired a hunter to come in instead of placing poison out that could be consumed by anything. He probably didn't think about the fact that some birds eat meat. Here you can kill coyote on your property year round. But there is a hunting season that runs from Oct.15- Mar.15.

How sad that this guy just had to pay a fine.

Yes, just goes to show you how some people just don't think things through. Although there WAS malice towards the Coyotes, there wasn't against the birds. Not like that farmer that poisoned a bunch of food to kill starlings.

Mo-Ron.

"Accidental" poisoning?? Oh yeah? Who's he kidding? Deliberate, with malice aforethought, without a shadow of a doubt. He just wasn't going to let on to the court. That sort of crime happens all too often, because it is so hard to get a successful prosecution.

It's even worse over here:
http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/details.asp?id=tcm:9-226111 . . .
"In 2008 there were 28 confirmed cases of illegal pesticide abuse killing or threatening birds of prey. Four further cases involved the possession of pesticides suspected to be for an illegal purpose. Victims of the criminal activity included a white-tailed eagle, two red kites, 14 buzzards and three ravens. Forty two illegally set poisoned baits were also found in Scotland's countryside, with the potential of killing many other birds of prey as well as domestic animals, and posing a lethal risk to humans. A further five buzzards and a red kite were found shot, and peregrines and hen harriers disappeared in circumstances that strongly suggested human interference. Given the fact that many of these incidents take place in remote areas, where it is easy to conceal the evidence, it is likely these confirmed cases will undoubtedly represent a tiny fraction of the crimes perpetrated against some of our most highly protected and admired birds of prey."

http://www.scottishraptorgroups.org/persecution.php

http://www.rspb.org.uk/Images/illegalkilling2008_tcm9-225981.pdf
http://www.rspb.org.uk/Images/persecution_report_tcm9-203495.pdf
http://www.scottishraptorgroups.org/media/RSPB_Persecution_Review_2006.pdf

Resin (livid)

According to what I read, when used properly, this product is of great benefit to farmers. Maybe the $5K fine may make the next idiot read the label and follow directions.

Hack

From the article:

"Furadan is a legal pesticide used in more than 80 countries, but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has stated that the poison is widely misused."

IMHO If this is really the only way to deal with the problem It should be done by a trained professional.

Another couple of links.

http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0608-hance_furadan_kenya.html
http://www.physorg.com/news122018255.html

That's a disgrace!

If I went and bought poison....I would think the clerk or sale's person would have explained to me what I was buying and how it should be used. I think this guy has used it before, and thought yeah that should kill the coyote's also.

Should have been a much bigger fine, and some investigation as to where he got it.

Remember the Ivory Gull that was in Georgia and then passed away? Here is the Necropsy results.

http://www.fws.gov/athens/ivory_gull_necropsy.pdf