Water fowl slaughtered
<N.Z. Press Assn — Copyright) VIRGINIA BEACH (Virginia), February 23.
United States wildlife officials have begun killing thousands of diseaseweakened water fowl in an attempt to prevent the spread of highly contagious avian cholera to hundreds of thousands of migratory birds expected soon along America’s Atlantic coast nesting grounds. Yesterday, an aircraft began spraying , the coots with Tergitol, bio-degradable industrial detergent, which prevents the birds from flying or diving underwater. A United States Wildlife Service official, Mr William Whalen, said that the birds were being sprayed because it had to be done: most of them were so sick they could not fly. “These birds are going to die anyway,” he said. “The chances of them recovering from this are nil once they catch it.”
He added: “It’s somewhat frightening to watch the gulls land in the middle of these birds and gobble up the weakest ones. The gulls themselves will die later on.”
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33776, 24 February 1975, Page 15
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