10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2014

Mice/rats in your house or business? When queried, he admitted he had recently hired a local company to get rid of the mice in his house. ” Most people don’t understand what they’re doing when they use rat poison. A poisoned rodent can kill whatever eats it, and death by poison is a very bad way to go. What to do?

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Rats Barn Owls Rodents San Francisco 235

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2017

The law of unintended consequences has tragic effects at a zoo in England, as rat poison ends up killing the Rainbow Lorikeets it was intended to protect. So crazy it just might work? Scientists ponder the feasibility of genetically engineering chickens to lay the eggs of endangered bird species.

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Penguins Argentina France Stray 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Inserts in rodent poisons that assure the public they will not kill anything but the offending rats or mice pedal the same questionable claims as those of the snake oil salesmen of bygone days. Rehabilitators also cooperate with law enforcement on illegal activity, and even monitor emerging diseases in avian species.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Rescue Wildlife 189