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Community Pelted By Thousands of Poisoned Birds
Offbeat  (tags: bizarre, unusual, sad )

Connie
- 325 days ago - trentonian.com
Federal officials caused a public health crisis by using a pesticide to scare away starlings. People were shocked and startled when it started to rain dead birds. A USDA spokesman said the pesticide was harmless to people and animals.
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Clara Sharp (41)
Tuesday January 27, 2009, 7:12 am
what a crock! i don't believe anything that ends with the letters, c i d e, is harmless to anything. what a disgusting way to deal with this. some people think we're the only inhabitants and anything else is considered a pest, and will get rid of them any way they can.
 

Samantha R. (23)
Tuesday January 27, 2009, 12:31 pm
whenever a spokesman touts a pesticide as harmless to people and animals but it kills other beings, they are talking nonsense. anything that kills does harm. what happens to anything that eats these dead birds? especially raptors?
 

Sir Walk F. (72)
Tuesday January 27, 2009, 5:21 pm
I dont know if this is the most "offbeat" story ive read. Maybe more like "disturbing".
 

Roseann Dudrick (74)
Tuesday January 27, 2009, 7:19 pm
If it's harmless the officials should taste test it before subjecting other creatures and our environment to it. Unable to do so? Then shut up and go away!
 
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