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Jerry Eisner
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> From: Hal Roth <halroth at teleport.com>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Loons killed by State of Wash.?
> Date: Wednesday, April 09, 1997 5:00 PM
>
> Hopefully this isn't true...came down on my Raptor listserv today.
> Judy
> Stone-RothFrom: "Sandy J. Lupo" <goshawk at i-link-2.net>
> Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 19:12:57 -0700
> Subject: RR: death
>
> I experenced one of thoes moments that make you stand back and just
> pause for a moment. I was checking out a job at a state hatchery
> here in washington when I noticed a large object in the water. I walked
> down and raised up a Common Loon. Everything was perfect about the
> bird; all bones in place, eyes good, wings and joints felt good and
> moved freely. Everything was fine except for the part of the birds head
> that took a shotgun blast. I layed the loon in the back of my truck
> and took it to the hatchery personnal. A person at the hatchery said
> the birds are shot by a dept. of Agriculture hazer to cut down on the
> amount of fish lost at the hatchery.
> Now don't get me wrong I love to hunt, fish and fly my bird. I'm not a
> tree hugger, but there is something that just rubbed me wrong about
> killing loons. Do the dept. of Agriculture folks also shoot Bald Eagles
> and Ospreys? While rehabbers are fixing their shooting. Sorry for the
> soap box.
>
> Yours in feathers
>
> Clarence
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