Then there was the story in today's PI (I think it was) about how over 100
Bald Eagles have been poisoned near Lynden, Whatcom Co., WA recently in
what is believed to be misuse of something called "Wardex" (more or less)
used to control starlings.

Gene Hunn.

On Fri, 5 Apr 1996, Irene Wanner wrote:

> Interesting topic. The most recent issue of Equus (magazine) has an
> article about disease carried by possum, picked up by starlings (via
> possum feces), which causes a fatal horse disease. How do policy-makers
> come to learn the long-range effects of animals, etc. Perhaps a different
> topic from "introduced," but still interesting. - Irene
>
> On Fri, 5 Apr 1996, Peggi Rodgers wrote:
>
> > That brings up an interesting point. When does an introduced species become
> > "accepted"? For instance, in rehab we are not allowed to release possums on
> > public land. But it's OK to release Ring-necked pheasants....
>
>