I've seen other articles on US government agency-organized mass killing all sorts of wildlife as disturbances to farming, etc., but don't know the long and short of it.
--Some examples found just now: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/02/160212-Wildlife-Services-predator-control-livestock-trapping-hunting/ It says: "Wildlife Services is a federal agency under the U.S. Department of Agriculture, ... Since 2000, the agency has killed at least two million mammals and 15 million birds. Although it’s main focus is predator control in the West, Wildlife Services also does things like bird control nationwide at airports to prevent crashes and feral pig control in the South. Reporter Christopher Ketcham’s investigation, out this month in Harper’s Magazine, doesn’t mince words. The article is called “The Rogue Agency: A USDA program that tortures dogs and kills endangered species.” This seems to be about the same agency you are talking about? Here is a historical view of government agencies killing sometimes protected species, supposedly to prevent crop damage etc.: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK208754/ + some others from out West where these issues seem to have been under debate for a long time: https://www.sacbee.com/news/investigations/wildlife-investigation/article2574599.html https://psmag.com/environment/the-government-agency-in-charge-of-killing-wild-animals-is-finally-facing-backlash --yrs. Magnus Fiskesjö, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Cornell University McGraw Hall, Room 201. Ithaca, NY 14853, USA E-mail: magnus.fiske...@cornell.edu, or: n...@cornell.edu Affiliations at Cornell University, WWW: Anthropology Department, anthropology.cornell.edu/faculty/ Southeast Asia Program (SEAP), seap.einaudi.cornell.edu/faculty_directory East Asia Program (EAP), eap.einaudi.cornell.edu/faculty_directory CIAMS (Archaeology), ciams.cornell.edu/people/ Cornell Institute for Public Affairs (CIPA), cipa.cornell.edu/academics/fieldfaculty.cfm ________________________________________ From: bounce-124177758-84019...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-124177758-84019...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Whitings [whiti...@roadrunner.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 3, 2019 6:25 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] U.S. Plan on Killing Birds in New York - CounterPunch.org Does anyone know about this? It seems insane. Diana https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/12/02/u-s-plan-on-killing-birds-in-new-york/ dianawhitingphotography.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --