Starlings sacrificed to save dairy feed

Dozens of European starlings fell out of the sky onto the ground and into trees last week in Kinderhook in the state of New York, USA. It was the result of a US Department of Agriculture sanctioned controlled killing of birds that are considered a threat to specific dairy farms.

The dark, lightly spotted birds that travel in enormous flocks consume massive amounts of cattle feed, according to a spokesman of the Columbia County Health Department. He said the USDA went to two farms this week, one in Kinderhook and one in Millerton, where the starlings were congregating and laid down a large mat laced with poisonous bird seed. Read more ...

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