A FORWARD MESSAGE:
BY John C. LeVine
Birders2 at aol.com

To All,

Sorry for cross posting, but this original message is from Monterey Bay
Birds listserve, posted by Rick Fournier. Any who may be planning a spring
jaunt to Moss Landing Area/Elkhorn Slough, please respect Mr. Calcagno's
request as stated below.

Thanks,
Randy Little

----- Original Message -----
From: <AWarbler at aol.com>
To: <Calbird at kiwi.net>; <MBB at darwin.UCSC.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 1:58 PM
Subject: [MBB] Re: Moon Glow Dairy - Important Notice


> Effective immediately, Mr. Louis Calcagno, owner operator of Moon Glow Dairy
> in Moss Landing, California, has asked me to post that he is suspending all
> access to visitors...including birders, for the next 60 to 90 days in an
effort to curtail the potential spread of Hoof-and-Mouth Disease to his
livestock.
>
> To quote Mr. Calcagno. "It's a bad situation. If one animal becomes
diseased
> all will have to be destroyed wiping out a lifetime of work. The virus can
> be transmitted on clothing or sustained in the nasal cavity of humans for up
> to 48 hours. This disease effects all split hoofed animals and can easily
> spread to or from wildlife." To learn more about this disease, go to
> http://www.usda.gov/special/alcatraz/alcatraz.htm. For those people or
> organizations with web sites mentioning Moon Glow Dairy, to please make
> reference about this moratorium.
>
> Please join in and honor Mr. Calcagno's request putting fellow birders on
> notice. Mr. Calcagno, a long time friend of the birding community, will
> again allow access once the spread of Hoof-and-Mouth Disease has been
> suppressed. PLEASE, do not take any liberties.
>
> Rick Fournier
> Awarbler at aol.com
> Monterey, CA
>