I totally agree with Dennis' point of view on introduced animals in general,
and starlings in particular.

> I make this argument not in any way from a dislike of starlings, which I
> actally think are cool birds. ...

I think so too, being from France where the Starling is a native species !

> ... . If we can't control (=kill)
> starlings (which, say, we have good evidence are eliminating purple martins
> from some state or county) because we are concerned with the life of each
> of those starlings, I think we are missing some point or other.

I sure think it would be a good idea to control (=kill) ALL STARLINGS in
North America (BTW how far south are they annoying native birds ?),
but I can't imagine how to do this.

Do you, Dennis, or anyone out there, have any idea about thw way of achieving
this ?

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