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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

10,000 Birds

Syngenta advises users to “NOT place baits in locations which are accessible to pets, domestic animals, livestock or birds” or to “contaminate dams, waterways and drains with the bait or its used container.” Perhaps not surprisingly, the poison companies seem to be hiding behind Teflon shields about the problems with their products.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

July 13, 2010 To the Editor: Today tens of thousands of American farmers don’t even own the livestock they raise, and the conditions they raise animals in are dictated to them by a handful of extremely powerful companies that are concerned only with the bottom line.