Think the USDA is looking out for your health? Think again.

http://www.naturalnews.com/031076_USDA_bird_deaths.html
Not all the mysterious bird die-offs that have been witnessed around the globe recently are due to unexplained causes. A recent mass die-off event witnessed in Yankton, South Dakota was traced back to the USDA which admitted to carrying out a mass poisoning of the birds.

After hundreds of starlings were found dead in the Yankton Riverside Park, concerned citizens began to investigate. Before long, a USDA official called the local police and admitted they had poisoned the birds. "They say that they had poisoned the birds about ten miles south of Yankton and they were surprised they came to Yankton like they did and died in our park," says Yankton Animal Control Officer Lisa Brasel, as reported by KTIV (http://www.ktiv.com/Global/story.as...).

The USDA then confirmed the story and explained it was all "part of a large killing" in Nebraska. Some of the birds that ate the poison apparently flew all the way to Yankton before succumbing to the poison.

Watch the video yourself, as reported from KTIV:
http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=19157...

USDA mass-murders birds on a regular basis
So why was the USDA poisoning birds in the first place? A Nebraska farmer was apparently complaining that the starlings were defecating in his feed meal. The answer to this conundrum apparently isn't to cover your feed meal but rather call the USDA and ask them to poison thousands of birds.

The USDA complied, apparently agreeing this was a brilliant idea. So they put out a poison called DRC-1339 and allowed thousands of birds to feed on that poison.

Carol Bannerman from USDA Wildlife Services ridiculously claimed the bird kill was also to protect "human health."

"We're doing it to address, in this case, agricultural damage as well as the potential for human health and safety issues," she said. That's just a lie, of course. In what universe do starlings pose a threat to human health and safety?

The USDA Wildlife Services website, by the way, is http://www.aphis.usda.gov

The USDA even has a name for this mass poisoning program: Bye Bye Blackbird. Through the use of poisons such as DRC-1339, the USDA has killed more than four million birds over the last several years, reports Truthout (http://www.truth-out.org/bye-bye-bl...).

They even proudly publish an online spreadsheet showing just how many they've murdered with poison: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife_...

Remember, these are mass bird killings that are funded with your tax dollars. It all makes you wonder whether the government is, in fact, responsible for many of the other mysterious animal deaths that have been reported across the country (and around the globe).

It also makes you wonder: If the federal government thinks nothing of murdering 4 million living, breathing birds, then what else might they be capable of doing out of a total lack of respect for wildlife?

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/031076_USDA_bird_deaths.html#ixzz1CMCp5cM4

That's messed up...

I don't agree with poisoning animals, but starlings are an invasive specie so they should be dealt with. I just don't agree with their method and never agree with killing animals for the benefit of any business.

Starlings are a non native invasive bird in America.
It is legal to kill them because their numbers are out of control and they have no natural predators in N. America.

60 were originally introduced in Central Park, NY City in the late 1800's and now are found all across America.

They typically end up taking over other areas and overwhelm the natural birds environment, not to mention many insect species.

If they aren't eliminated or controlled by humans many species native to America will become extinct.

Wow!

So by that reasoning we should do the same to all non native american citizens.

As the starling we are a non-native invasive species that typically take over other areas and overwhelm the native species enviornment.

If of course the story is even true...

Did anyone check the USDA web site.

Given the great interest in 'bird die offs' recently why has none of the main news media picked up on this story.

I would think it would be 'fodder' for several of the 'agendas' out there.

It's true!

Humans have the ability to learn and generally do learn to adapt to an environment. They don't always but most of the time they learn to do so in harmony with the environment.
That is what is happening now with the Starling pop. First they screwed up, now they are trying to correct the screw up.

Birds just eat, breed, and ****! Their intelligence is very limited and they don't care what they do to an ecosystem.

If you like Starlings, they can be found in droves in their natural surroundings. Europe and Asia.

birds eat, breed, and poop out seeds while they fly... Flora and Fauna bloom from those seeds. Small critters that need said flora and fauna for their cycle of eat,breed, and poop (and feed larger critters) are therefore thankful for the birds. Birds also eat overabundant insect populations which pleases horses (allthough I reckon the insects don't like it much).

Birds that are of the size of starlinigs also provide sustenance for predatory birds...

Farmer in question should have (as was suggested) covered his produce with tarps...

That would explain the fish, maybe.
Chance could be, the only species affected by said infected bird droppings would only kill carp.

I don't know of any fauna that has ever bloomed from a seed but I'd like to see it. Some flora is spread through bird dropping, however, the majority is through seeds being blown around by the wind and pollination from bees, hummingbirds, and bats.