Hello everyone,
here's a troubling situation where birds and public health intersect: a
common rat poison has sickened or killed more than 150 feral parrots from
the famous flock that resides in the Telegraph Hill area in north San
Francisco. there is no test to detect this rat poison and no one knows
where the parrots are getting it. further, no one knows whether other
animals (or people!) are also accessing this deadly poison. this piece
tells the decade-long story of how a dedicated team of scientists,
veterinarians and citizen scientists figured this out
Rat Poison Is Killing San Francisco's Parrots Of Telegraph Hill
http://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2019/03/27/rat-poison-is-killing-san-franciscos-parrots-of-telegraph-hill/
tinyURL:
https://tinyurl.com/y274amoc
please do share this story widely with your friends and bird colleagues.
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