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Virginia Oates Cates Paducah, Ky...
Where is the humanity in the slaughter of 5 million blackbirds in Christian County, Ky.? Surely in all of man's so-called advanced technology there exists a more compassionate way of controlling these birds than spraying them with detergent and leaving them to die of exposure. What became of the Christian in Christian County...
...satisfied with the operation. We had reasonably good success." commented Brigadier General John N. Brandenberg after surveying the combat zone last week. Littering a wooded area at Fort Campbell, Ky., were about 500,000 corpses-of blackbirds. Brandenberg did not mention that some 4.5 million other blackbirds were still very much alive in the trees...
...birds had descended on southern Kentucky and northern Tennessee like a biblical plague. In addition to Fort Campbell's flock of 5 million, there were almost 10 million birds at the military arsenal in nearby Milan, Tenn.. and another 1.5 million in the town of Paducah, Ky. The blackbirds battened on feed meant for livestock, and their droppings might spread histoplasmosis, a lung disease. Before retaliating, the Army issued an environmental statement, and defeated court suits brought by two humane societies (TIME, Feb. 24). Then the battle began...
...scene is enough to give even bird lovers a case of aviphobia. Every day at dusk for the past four months, five million blackbirds have screeched and wheeled over Christian County, Ky., ever narrowing their circle until, with a final frenzied flapping, they settle into their roosting spot-30 acres of pine trees in the midst of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division base at Fort Campbell. At dawn the birds (mostly starlings and a scattering of grackles, cowbirds and red-winged blackbirds) take off to feast at local farms and feed lots. Again the sky darkens; again...