Hundreds of Birds Were Needlessly Poisoned at a Texas Airport
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by Alicia GraefJuly 19, 20145:30 pm
A Texas airport has drawn the ire of animal advocates for using a questionable poison to kill, in the name of public health and safety, hundreds of nuisance birds.
KHOU reports that United Airlines partnered up with a pest control contractor to poison birds in an effort to reduce the health and safety risks posed by birds at Bush Intercontinental Airport. The company United Airlines hired went with controversial poison Avitrol to get the job done and placed tainted corn kernels at 20 different sites around the airports terminals, in addition to Uniteds maintenance hangar.
According to the manufacturer Avitrol, which affects the nervous system, is supposed to frighten off other birds who see their counterparts in distress. The makers claim the poison is painless but, of the hundreds of birds that were confirmed to have been killed, many could clearly be seen suffering as they slowly died.
Witnesses described the disturbing sight after seeing hundreds of birds falling from the sky, having seizures and writhing on the ground. Footage taken by KHOU shows the unquestionably inhumane nature of these poisons, and reported that one bird struggled for a full hour before it died.
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