We have been reading about various incidents where birds are falling off from the sky and drop dead on the ground in huge numbers in different parts of United States. Most people claimed this has something to do with the climatic changes. A while ago, on New Year's Eve more than 5000 blackbirds were found dead in Arkansas also.
Similarly, in Yankton more than 300 starlings were found dead on the streets on Monday. People thought the birds didn't migrate and so froze to death. However, it is quite clear why these birds are dead. The government poisoned them themselves because they were eating cattle feed lots and leaving waste on the equipment. The birds were poisoned 10 miles south of Yankton but they somehow managed to fly till Yankton before they dropped dead due to the poison.
USDA wildlife biologist Ricky Woods explained that a large group of starlings was causing problems in a north Nebraska cattle feedlot, eating the feed and leaving waste on both the feed and equipment. So the USDA put out DRC 1339 poison for the birds, Woods said.
"Lethal means are always a last resort," said Woods. "In this situation it's what we had to do."
Well, I definitely think this was absolutely cruel and unnecessary. You just don't kill animals if they are troubling you like that. This is quite a cruel response and represents true materialism and cold heartedness. Authorities said that so far starlings were the only birds found dead in Yankton. They said the poisoned birds didn't pose a threat to other animals or humans. Officials estimated nearly 2,000 birds ate the poison. So, this solution has caused a lot of damage to even those birds that never did anything to those precious cattle feed lots.
