I apologize for how snippy my last post sounded. I must need to get to
bed! What I should have said was that I would hope they wouldn't be
doing something as illegal as shooting protected birds and that I sent
an email to try and find out. That they have (or at least tried) in the
past, well, we all know about the "Canada Goose Thing." Again, I
apologize if my first message came out sounding short.

Heading for bed now....

Bryn Kildow
Olympia, WA

mike denny wrote:

> Hello All,
> Just returned home from a trip south to see the Falcated Duck, with
> success I might add.
>
> Upon our return was a message that Wildlife Services was up at the
> Walla Walla City Dump blasting Gulls. I have not seen it yet, but
> understand the reason they were invited in to kill and wound gulls was
> due to some folks complaining about the gulls pooping on their
> vehicles while they dumped their trash. One witness watched as this
> killer wing of the USDA blew close to 50 gulls out of the air. He said
> that there were injured gulls running around all over this big dump.
> He did not see the Wildlife Services gunners making any attempt at
> humanely putting the suffering birds out of their misery. As this guy
> left he said there were wounded gulls running around with drooping
> wings and in great distress. This is unnecessary and only the
> beginning of the plans to kill as many fish eating birds as
> possible in the Lower Columbia Basin. Wildlife Services has no
> skills to figure out what they are shooting. To them they are just
> gulls and great fun to shoot on top of getting payed to do it. We can
> get use to this or speak up and get their funding cut!
> Later Mike
>
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