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Feeling Pooped by Pigeons, Cities Try Bird Birth Control

By Steve FriessJul 2nd 2010 – 9:01PM
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LAS VEGAS (July 2) -- It sounds like a plot line for the NBC sitcom "Parks & Recreation," but this is no joke: The latest approach to combating the messy scourge of urban pigeons is to con them into eating pellets laced with contraceptive. Beginning this month, three Vegas parks will set out automated feeders that promise...

Background on American Society

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (commonly known as ASCAP) is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that protects its members' musical copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music, whether via a broadcast or live performance, and compensating them accordingly.

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